CPT^® 43520, Under Incision Procedures on the Stomach

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 43520 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Incision Procedures on the Stomach.

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The provider incises or cuts into the hypertrophied (overdeveloped) pyloric muscle to correct pyloric stenosis, a narrowing of the part of the stomach that leads into the small intestine. Pyloric stenosis causes projectile vomiting in infants.

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