tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 7

Case Study: Do This When Diagnostic Colonoscopy Turns to Treatment

Look for relation to splenic flexure. You read about screening colonoscopies last month in “Payer, Risk, and Findings Drive Colonoscopy Code Choices” (General Surgery Coding Alert Vol. 16, No. 6), but do you know how to handle diagnostic colonoscopy cases? Follow our experts’ advice for this one simple case, and you’ll be ready to make sure you report the proper diagnosis and procedure codes every time.  Scenario: A patient presents with iron deficiency anemia and a positive fecal occult blood test. The surgeon performs a colonoscopy advancing through the rectum and finds multiple small, vascular malformations...

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