tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 11

Coding Quiz: Try Your Hand at These 3 Op Reports

Then check your answers to hone coding skills. If your general surgeon's op report goes slightly off-script for common gastro-intestinal (GI) or abdominal surgeries, do you how to get the coding right? Study the following scenarios, then try your hand at the answers. Make sure to look for cases that fall short of the standard CPT® descriptor or document additional services, and adjust your coding accordingly. Case 1. Identify the 'Reason for the Test' A 66-year-old Medicare patient presents for a colonoscopy. She has no symptoms and has never had a screening colonoscopy before. The patient is anesthetized and...

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