CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 16, 2015

CPT Assistant July 2004 advises to report CPT code 45380 (REVISED IN 2015), Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with biopsy, single or multiple, for removal of colon polyp described as a cold biopsy with forceps. Should the same reasoning be used to assign CPT code 43239 (REVISED IN 2014), Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy including esophagus, stomach, and either the duodenum and/or jejunum as appropriate; with biopsy, single or multiple, for esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with removal of gastric polyp as a cold biopsy with forceps?

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