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CPT® 2015:

Clear the Confusion on 'Abridged Colonoscopy' Coding with These Tips

Published on Tue Jun 02, 2015

Look at new ‘decision tree’ to get clear choices. How to code a colonoscopy that a physician doesn’t complete has been a burning question for a long time. You may have resorted to different solutions to the problem such as the use of modifier 52 (Reduced services), modifier 53 (Discontinued procedure), or not coding a colonoscopy at all but instead [...]
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