Gastroenterology Coding Alert

Endoscopy Coding:

Could Your Separate-Day Endoscopies Put You at Risk of Audit?

Examine the outcomes from this comparative billing report for the scoop. Gastroenterologists are among the most frequent billers of upper and lower endoscopies — but does frequency equate to accuracy? That’s what auditors sought to determine as part of a new comparative billing report (CBR) compiled by RELI Group, Inc., which CMS contracts to develop, produce, and distribute CBR reports. The [...]
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