AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 2 (February)

Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (February 2014)

February 2014 page 11a Surgery: Digestive System Question: Is control of bleeding that may occur during an endoscopic procedure reported separately? Answer: No. Control of bleeding that occurs as a result of the endoscopic procedure is not separately reported during the same operative session. This instruction is included in the CPT 2014 code set guidelines. Question: During an esophagoscopy procedure, control of bleeding was performed using the unipolar cautery method. How is this reported? Answer: CPT code 43227, Esophagoscopy, flexible, transoral; with control of bleeding, any method, may be used to report control of bleeding during esophagoscopy by any...

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