Hi, I was informed that the removal of stents are included in the code for placement of stent. But for some of the procedure (such as 43276), the describes states remove and replacement or even a guideline to state the removal is included in the procedure. One of our GI providers are removing stents then performing the Necrostomy and then places new stents. We are going to code 43240 for the placement of stents and the unlisted code for Necrostomy but can we also code for the removal? The CPT I was thinking is 43247- Foreign body removal. Please any thoughts or guidanice will be greatly appreciated.

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