tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 4

There's a Quick Way to Identify Scope 'Families': Here's How

CPT usually groups constituent codes with parentCPT and CMS group endoscopic codes into -families- of similar services. The first code in any family (the base or -parent- code) describes the basic procedure. Following the base code, CPT lists any variants that -go beyond- and include the base procedure, says Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, CPC-EMS, CEO of Coding and Reimbursement Network Inc. and an AAPC National Advisory Board member from 2003 to the present.Example: Consider this partial code family:- 45300--Proctosigmoidoscopy, rigid; diagnostic, with or without collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing (separate procedure)- 45303---with dilation...

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