tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 8

Endoscopy Coding: Unlock Injection Payment With Endoscopic Procedures By Following 5 Expert Tips

Hint: Look at the reason your surgeon is performing the injection.When you general surgeon performs an injection during an endoscopy, you should always consider the injection part and parcel to the procedure, correct? Not necessarily -- and if you code that way, you're costing your surgeon money. With so many options for injectable substances as well as diseases that your surgeon can treat with injections, it's essential that you know which codes are available for these injections.You also need to be able to differentiate the codes that are specifically for sclerotherapy from other types of injections so...

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