tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 2

CPT® 2013: 43206 and 43252 Define Endomicroscopy Coding

Location distinguishes codes. If your general surgeon is taking high-resolution images during endoscopy, you have new codes for the procedure starting Jan. 1. CPT® 2013 adds two new codes for these procedures that you had to previously report using unlisted codes. Use 43206 and 43252 for Optical Endomicroscopy A technological advance that your general surgeon might have started using is optical endomicroscopy to take high resolution images within optically thick tissue. "Examination of the gastrointestinal tract with this modality has allowed a new approach for the early detection of cancer and dysplasia," says Michael Weinstein, MD, former representative...

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