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44.68 - Laparoscopic Gastroplasty


The ICD 9 Code for Laparoscopic gastroplasty is listed as 44.68.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 44.68
Description: Laparoscopic gastroplasty
Short Description: Laparoscop gastroplasty
Chapter: Operations on the digestive system
Subsection 1: Other operations on stomach
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0DQ64ZZ - Repair Stomach, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0DV64CZ - Restriction of Stomach with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 44.68:
44.61 - Suture of laceration of stomach
44.62 - Closure of gastrostomy
44.63 - Closure of other gastric fistula
44.64 - Gastropexy
44.65 - Esophagogastroplasty
44.66 - Other procedures for creation of esophagogastric sphincteric competence
44.67 - Laparoscopic procedures for creation of esophagogastric sphincteric competence
44.69 - Other repair of stomach