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CMS: Upper GI Endoscopy Represented $36 Million in Improper Payments Last Year

Published on Fri Feb 09, 2018

Gastroenterologists also saw high error rates for subsequent hospital visits. Gastroenterology practices are almost certain to report upper GI endoscopy (EGD) codes on a weekly basis, but just because you report these codes frequently doesn't mean you're reporting them correctly. That's the takeaway from a recent Medicare report, which states that 9.1 percent of EGD claims submitted to Part B [...]
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