DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 1 (January)

Ask a NPP Report Expert: Coding for a patient with GERD

Patient presents to an NPP prior to a screening colonoscopy and it is discovered the patient has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The NPP bills an E/M visit with GERD as the primary diagnosis and then screening code (V76.51) second. The reason for the visit was not GERD but a screening colonoscopy. Do you have any reference material I can refer to for the reason for the visit not trying to find something to turn the screening visit into diagnostic?

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