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Rigid Scope Stretching of the Gullet

Vermont rates for HCPCS 43196

Passes a rigid scope through the mouth into the gullet and widens a narrowed section by threading a guide wire through the tight area and passing dilators of increasing size over it. It is done to make swallowing easier when the passage has narrowed from scarring, acid damage or another cause.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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