tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q1

ICD-10: Conquer Colon Polyp Dx Coding for Clean Claims

Treatment decisions rest on accuracy. Missing the correct diagnosis code from your surgeon’s colonoscopy report can lead to payment problems for the physician and treatment problems for the patient. Drill down to the ICD-10 colon polyp nuances with our experts’ advice in three easy steps. Step 1: Wait for the Pathology Report To choose the correct ICD-10 diagnosis code for a colon polyp, you will need to know whether the polyp is benign or malignant. That means correctly interpreting the pathological descriptions used in the report and translating those descriptions into the right category. “Surgeons may imply...

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