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Which Modifier Applies to This Case?
Published on Wed May 20, 2020
Question: Our gastroenterologist and a general surgeon performed surgery on a patient — the gastroenterologist performed the endoscopy to locate the correct position along the stomach wall for placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. The general surgeon made an incision at the same position into the wall of the stomach and used a retention disk to put the [...]