CPT® 49440, Under Initial Placement Procedures on the Abdomen, Peritoneum, and Omentum. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 49440 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Initial Placement Procedures on the Abdomen, Peritoneum, and Omentum.

Is J-tube placement an outpatient procedure?

Routine exchanges of the gastrojejunostomy tube are usually performed as an outpatient procedure and typically do not require a hospital stay. If an operation is performed for initial placement of a GJ tube, the surgery takes place in the operating room under general anesthesia.

What is CPT code 43246?

Intubation of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g., percutaneous placement of G-tube, CPT code 43246) includes subsequent removal of the tube.