tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 2

Physician Fee Schedule: Greet 10 'G' Codes for Lower GI Procedures

Accommodate double standards based on payer. Maybe you’re thrilled that CPT® 2015 provides you with more than 20 new codes to accurately describe your surgeon’s lower gastro-intestinal endoscope procedures such as colonoscopies, sigmoidoscopies, and anoscopies. But don’t get too excited about reporting those codes — to Medicare, anyway — unless you don’t want get paid for your surgeon’s work. Don’t worry: We have a handy tool for you to make sure you get paid for lower GI endoscopies in 2015, no matter who the payer is. Learn CMS’s Problem and Solution Medicare...

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