CPT^® 43229, Under Esophagoscopy Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 43229 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Esophagoscopy Procedures.

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The provider inserts a flexible endoscope through the mouth and into the esophagus where heablates one or more lesions; he may also pass a guidewire into the esophagus over which he passes a series of dilators to widen the esophagus before and after the tumor ablation.

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