Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Surgery: Digestive System, Removal G-tube

 CPT Assistant, September 2021, Volume 31, Issue 9, page 14

Question:

How is the removal of a patient's gastronomy tube (G-tube) in an office setting reported if the G-tube was previously placed by another physician? Note that a new G-tube was not placed.

Answer:

Report only the appropriate E/M level of office visit service (99202-99215) as appropriate, which may be based on MDM or time. Removal without replacement of a G-tube in an office setting is not reported separately.

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