Gastroenterology Coding Alert
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Check This Breakdown of Which Codes Gastroenterologists Are Reporting Nationwide
Published on Mon May 23, 2022
Then, compare your coding trends to those of other GI providers. Once you evaluate your practice’s benchmarking data over time, it might be time to take it a step further and see how coding patterns in your practice compare to other practices. Following are the codes most often reported by gastroenterologists, according to a Medicare statistical analysis E/M Code Comparison report that Part B MAC Palmetto GBA ran on Nov. 13, 2020 and released on December 8, 2020 (the most recent time period available at press time). The analysis reviewed claims for specialty code 10 (Gastroenterology) for the time period Jan. 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, and revealed the following results:
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