44.68 Laparoscopic gastroplasty
Banding
Silastic vertical banding
Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG)
Code also any synchronous laparoscopic gastroenterostomy (44.38)
Excludes:
insertion, laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (restrictive procedure) (44.95)
other repair of stomach, open approach (44.61-44.65, 44.69)