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CPT 32551 with Sedation

I’m trying to find back up that shows that mod sedation is no longer bundled into procedure 32551. I have copied the page from the 2017 CPT changes that shows the symbol has been removed with an appeal but the payer is still saying it’s bundled. Can someone please point me in the direction of some additional back up?

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32551? esophagram ?

Not sure how to code this, 32551?Anyone have any ideas ?

DX- Esophageal atresia with esophageal anastomotic leak

Procedure – Chest Tube placement

The right chest tube was prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. A low mid axillary line chest tube was placed by making a small skin incision and then placing the catheter into the pleural space where a small amount of serous fluid was obtained and sent for cell count and differential. Tube position was confirmed by fluoroscopy and the tube was secured at the exit site with a nylon suture. A catheter was then passed than transorally into the esophagus and esophagram performed confirming the presence and location of leak. There was an anastomotic leak and the Jackson-pratt drain in the pleural space draining this leak was retracted about 1 cm and then rescored at the skin with a nylon suture .

any ideas 32551 ?
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