AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 7 (July)
Colonoscopy (July 2004)
July 2004 page 15-end Coding Clarification:Colonoscopy The CPT Assistant has received a number of follow- up questions related to the article “Colonoscopy Coding Made Simple” that appeared in the January 2004 CPT Assistant. Many of the questions refer back to a Question and Answer response in CPT Assistant January 1996 that stated: “The appropriate code for a colonoscopy with removal of a polyp by a cold biopsy is 45380 or 45385 depending on the actual technique employed.... CPT code 45385, Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) by snare technique...
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