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Percutaneous Gastrostomy tube placement with Barium Enema

Date: Sep 18, 2020

Question:

When doing a percutaneous gastrostomy tube insertion (49440) and the doctor does a barium enema (74270) in order to highlight the colon, can we charge for the barium enema portion also?

Question ID : 14461
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