Gastroenterology Coding Alert

Choose 91110 vs. 91111 based on the view.If your gastroenterologist uses a capsule study to image the gastrointestinal track, there are two codes you could use to report the procedure. Learn how to distinguish between 91110 and 91111 by knowing what part of the anatomy your physician is visualizing or evaluating. Follow these tips to ensure you are coding correctly.1. Identify Procedure Details to Determine Code ChoiceDetermining which code you'll report for a pill cam procedure, depends on the reason your gastroenterologist documents for performing the study.How it works: If your physician used the capsule study to image the intraluminal esophagus through the ileum (also including the stomach, duodenum, and jejunum), you would report 91110 (Gastrointestinal tract imaging, intraluminal [e.g., capsule endoscopy], esophagus through ileum, with physician interpretation and report).When your gastroenterologist performs imaging or study of the esophagus only, with interpretation and report, you will use 91111 (Gastrointestinal tract [...]