Question: Wisconsin Subscriber Answer: As you have correctly surmised, there is no separate removal code for the removal of a PEG tube. If the PEG tube was removed and your gastroenterologist had no intention of placing another, then the removal becomes a part of the evaluation and management codes that you will be reporting for the visit. One thing that you need to remember is that the tube removal is just a part of the E/M code that you are reporting and it should not become the basis for the level of E/M code that you are assigning for the visit. You should still assign the E/M level based on the standard components of history, examination and medical decision-making. Since your gastroenterologist is conducting another procedure on the same day, it is best to use modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician on the same day of the procedure or other service) appended to the E/M code that you are reporting for the visit.