CPT Knowledgebase - May 19, 2015

The descriptor for code 45384, Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) by hot biopsy forceps, was revised in the CPT 2015 code set to no longer include bipolar cautery as the method used to perform this procedure. What is the appropriate code to report a colonoscopy with polypectomy in which bipolar cautery is used to remove the polyp?

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