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Can You Code This Clip Placement?

Published on Thu Jun 14, 2018

Question: If, during an endoscopy procedure, the doctor accidently tears the esophagus and places a clip on that tear, can we bill for that? If so, which code applies? Codify Subscriber Answer: Unfortunately, you cannot report this service, and no code will allow you to collect for it if the physician caused the tear. The code you report for the [...]
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