If the polyp was removed from the esophagus and a biopsy was done on stomach/gastric, it all is coded on what instrument was used-forceps only once per EGD, and snare only once per EGD-no matter how many times per EGD.
So, say polyp was snare, and biopsy in stomach region was forcep removal, you would code-43251, 43239-59.
But, if both were done by forceps,
you would code-43239. Once.
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