tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 7

You Be the Coder: What's the Code for 'Gut Cam'?

Question: Our surgeon provided gastrointestinal tract imaging with a "gut camera." We have never reported this procedure before, and the only code we can find that approximates the service is a small intestinal endoscopy code. Should we use a small intestinal endoscopy code on gut camera claims?California SubscriberAnswer: The "gut camera," manufactured by Given Imaging, is now officially called the "PillCam."Although coders used to report small intestinal endoscopy codes for GI tract imaging with a gut camera, all of that changed with the arrival of 91110 (Gastrointestinal tract imaging, intraluminal [e.g., capsule endoscopy], esophagus...

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