A middle-age man, who has significant peptic ulcers, is going to have a vagotomy to help reduce stomach acid production. He is going to have the vagus nerve transected using an abdominal approach. What is the correct code for this procedure?

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64760 is the correct code for the transection of the vagus nerve (vagotomy) using an abdominal approach.
Code 64755 is incorrect because this is the code for transection of the vagus nerves limited to the proximal stomach. Codes 64763 and 64766 are both incorrect because these codes involve the transection of the obturator nerves.

A Middle-Age Man, Who Has Significant Peptic Ulcers, Is Going