tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 12

CPT® 2015: Refine Recent Esophagoscopy Overhaul With New/Revised Codes

Use notes to clarify coding bundles, too. Hopefully you’re used to the esophageal endoscopy coding paradigm instituted in 2014, because CPT® 2015 is at it again.  With one new code, four revised codes, and a host of new instructions in the range 43180-43233 (Esophagoscopy …), you have a lot to learn. Let us give you the lowdown on how your esophagoscopy coding will change starting Jan. 1. Welcome Zenker’s Diverticulum Fix When your surgeon performs an open surgical procedure to resect a Zenker’s diverticulum, you have 43130-43135 to report the procedure (Diverticulectomy of hypopharynx...

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