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Check NCCI Bundles for Lesion Removals
Published on Thu May 20, 2021
Question: Our GI physician identified a 10 mm semi sessile polyp in the ascending colon, and removed it with a hot snare, performing complete resection and retrieval. He performed fulguration to ablate the lesion by argon plasma, and place a hemostatic clip to prevent bleeding after the polypectomy. Can we code both 45385 for snare and 45388 for ablation for [...]