tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2000 Issue 9

Case Study: Ileoscopy Payable by Using Small Bowel Endoscopy Code

"General surgeons typically do not perform many endoscopic explorations of the small intestine and may be unfamiliar with the unique coding involved in billing such procedures. Many coders dont know what to look for in the CPT manual because these codes arent found in the typical spots general surgery coders look, says Kathy Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, an independent general surgery coding and reimbursement specialist in Lenzburg, Ill.Unlike colonoscopies, which surgeons perform routinely, these procedures arent performed often, and the codes are tucked away in a section of the CPT manual used more by gastroenterologists or urologists than...

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