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stent removal - I was suggested to use [B]43247

Thread starter elenax
Start date Jul 16, 2008

E

elenax

Expert

Jul 16, 2008

#1

I was suggested to use 43247 for an Upper Endoscopy with biliary stent removal...any other suggestion will help

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mbort

True Blue

Jul 16, 2008

#2

I believe the 43247 is the correct code (or at least I have used it in the past as well)

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scorrado

Guest

Jul 16, 2008

#3

The stent is considered a foreign body so that is why 43247 is the correct code. I verified this at a seminar I went to in March.

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