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Medical Coding

Category - 40,000 Series

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A patient with pancreatic cancer needs to have peripancreatic drains placed for acute pancreatitis. What CPT code should be used for this procedure?

48000
48001
48020
48510

Explanation

Answer: A - 48000 is the correct code for peripancreatic drain placement for pancreatitis.
Code 48001 is incorrect because there was no mention of cholecystostomy, gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Code 48020 is incorrect because there was no removal of pancreatic calculus. Code 48510 is incorrect because there was external drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst.

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