Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Surgeon made an incision in the left posterior chest wall into the esophagus to remove a foreign body from the esophagus
ANSWER.
CPT code with modifier.
* 43045 - LT - Esophagotomy,thoracic approach,with removal of foreign
body. (LT - modifier for procedure performed in left side of the body).
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an...
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