tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 12

Reader Question: 45345 Includes Dilation and Fluoroscopy

Question: Our surgeon performed a sigmoidoscopy with stent placement. During the procedure, he advanced a guidewire and a catheter above the guidewire to place contrast in the colon stream. He used fluoroscopy for the procedure. After this, he proceeded to place the stent. What are the proper codes for this procedure? Louisiana SubscriberAnswer: When your surgeon places a stent during sigmoidoscopy, you should report the procedure as 45345 (Sigmoidoscopy, flexible; with transendoscopic stent placement [includes predilation]). Surgeons often use stents during a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy procedure to overcome strictures in different portions of the colon. Since there is narrowing...

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