SuperCoder on "Billing E/M prior to colonoscopies"
A visit prior to a screening colonoscopy for a healthy patient is not billable. http://www.gastro.org/
View ArticleUser id : 33683 on "Use of modifier 53 & 33 for colonoscopy"
Our physician was doing a screening colonoscopy on a patient where there were biopsies done by snare technique. The physician noted in the op-note th
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Use of modifier 53 & 33 for colonoscopy"
Yes, you would bill this out 45385-53-33.
View ArticleUser id : 23543 on "EGD with control bleeding"
EGD was performed on a MEDICARE patient that was already bleeding when the doctor did the procedure. During the EGD 2 angiodysplastic lesion with ble
View ArticleSuperCoder on "EGD with control bleeding"
Since the physician performs the injection and cautery specifically for hemostasis purposes, you should report the only code appropriate for this proc
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Billing a high risk colonscopy to Medicare what code do I use?"
Adjust When Screening Becomes Diagnostic When your Phusician starts out performing a screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer but ends up addressin
View ArticleUser id : 23555 on "colon or flex sig??"
My doctor did an incomplete colonoscopy and I'm not sure how to code it. See following which is findings from his report: A fungating circumferential
View ArticleSuperCoder on "colon or flex sig??"
The report says that the scope was passed only to the distal sigmoid colon, so if the procedure was planned as a sigmoidoscopy then you would use CPT
View ArticleUser id : 25547 on "Screenings for established patient w//crohns"
Crohns patients are eligible for screenings due to high risk of colon cancer per medicare and other private insurers.Since the procedure would be a sc
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Screenings for established patient w//crohns"
You should support G0105 for high-risk patients with selected diagnoses, including: V10.05 -- Personal history of malignant neoplasm; gastrointestinal
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Screenings for established patient w//crohns"
Yes, first code 'V76.51' and then crohns as the secondary diagnosis.
View ArticleUser id : 71418 on "Snare vs Forceps"
I would like to know exactly what the difference is for coding a snare vs forceps in a colonscopy.
View ArticleUser id : 71418 on "Max Benefits"
On some of our Medicare patients we'll recieve Max Benefits for this time period has been reached with the code of G0121, then we're to write off proc
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Max Benefits"
Medicare beneficiaries without high risk factors are eligible for screening colonoscopy every 10 years. Those with high risk are eligible once every 2
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Snare vs Forceps"
If your Physician removes a tumor, polyps or other lesions by snare technique, you code CPT '44364' for example. If your Physician removes a tumor, po
View ArticleUser id : 71418 on "Snare vs Forceps"
Just so i understand, to do a snare or forcep doesnt have to be in a certain part of the colon, its what the provider chooses to remove the polyp, les
View ArticleUser id : 11678 on "POS and anesthesia for office based procedures"
what are guidelines for GI clinic that is office-based?
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Snare vs Forceps"
Correct. It is the tool that the providers chooses to remove the polyp, lesion or tumor with that decides the correct CPT code.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "POS and anesthesia for office based procedures"
This 2004 coding alert article will help you a lot. Please note this is a 2004 article so some changes are evitable. ***************** Get the pay you
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