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Lap Band Port access with aspitation. Can you please help with coding the following? THANKS!!! The patient was taken to the fluoroscopy suite and placed prone. The port was accessed under fluoroscopic guidance and 5ml of saline withdrawn. Oral contrast was administered. Under fluoroscopic guidance the stomach was evaluated. The patient was placed in several positions in order to facilitate gastric outflow. Using fluoroscopic detail evaluation, contrast was followed through the proximal small bowel to the ileum. The lap band was released on the mid-aspect of the gastric antrum. With repositioning, oral contrast was observed to extend into the pylorus and duodenum. IMPRESSION. sucessful release of the gastric band.