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Master These 4 Key Steps to Simplify Your Colon Polyp Coding

Published on Fri Aug 01, 2025

Here’s why you need more than the operative report. Colon polyps are common findings in gastroenterology, especially during colonoscopy procedures. While the presence of a polyp might seem routine, accurately coding it is not. Understanding whether a polyp is neoplastic (meaning potentially cancerous) or non-neoplastic (typically benign) is the critical first step toward assigning the correct ICD-10-CM code. Here’s what [...]
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