AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 5 (May)

Surgery: Digestive System (Q&A) (May 2013)

May 2013 page 12 Surgery: Digestive System Question: The new CPT code 44705, Preparation of fecal microbiota for instillation, including assessment of donor specimen, does not include the instillation. The parenthetical note following the code instructs to report the unlisted code 44799 for fecal instillation by oro-nasogastric tube or enema. Please advise how to report if the instillation is done via colonoscopy or via EGD. Answer: For non-Medicare patients, if instillation of the microbiota is performed via esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) or colonoscopy, the endoscopic service should be separately reported using the appropriate CPT code for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy or colonoscopy...

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