AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 12 (December)

Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy Changes for 2015 (December 2014)

December 2014 pages 3-5 Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy Changes for 2015 For Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2015, significant changes have been made in the lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy code set. These changes follow similar revisions that were made to the upper GI endoscopy codes in CPT 2014, and it marks the conclusion of a multiple-year effort to update the terminology of the GI endoscopy codes. Previously, all GI endoscopy family base codes contained the language, "diagnostic, with or without collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing (separate procedure)." In CPT 2014, "with or without" was replaced with "including...

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