tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 17

You Can Bill for EUS if You Know Your Codes

Bill Two Biopsies on the Same Day   If you're frustrated by new restrictions on what you can bill for with an endoscopic ultrasound, then you should enjoy the coding possibilities you still have. It could have been much worse.   Version 9.1 of the National Correct Coding Initiative, which took effect April 1, nixed several add-on procedures that gastroenterologists had been accustomed to billing with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedures. In particular, the NCCI Edits put paid to billing for 76942, for needle guidance supervision and interpretation, with EUS codes 43232, 43242 and 45342.   But not all...

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