tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 6

Part B Coding Coach: Achieve Sigmoidoscopy Accuracy With 3 Quick Tips

Knowing the correct situations to report control of bleeding will help avoid denials. With all the new CPT® and HCPCS changes to deal with, you may not have time to brush up on commonly-coded procedures such as sigmoidoscopies. Follow these three tips explained through our scenarios to extract the most out of your sigmoidoscopy reporting. Tip 1: Sigmoidoscopy With Biopsy? Look Closer Before Coding You are in safe territory if your gastroenterologist just performed a sigmoidoscopy with biopsy in a session and did not carry out any other service. You just report the CPT® code for standard sigmoidoscopy with...

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