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Can You Answer This Colonoscopy Coding Question?

Published on Fri Mar 16, 2018

Question: We saw a Medicare patient for a screening colonoscopy, and the gastroenterologist found something suspicious during it, so the colonoscopy switched from screening to diagnostic. The patient was unhappy because she then had to pay toward her deductible, which she was not expecting to be necessary, since deductibles are waived for screening colonoscopies. Do you have sample language we [...]
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