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You Have to Know Your Gastro Coding When ENTs Get Adventurous

Published on Sun Mar 01, 2009

Be prepared as T-EGD procedures filter into otolaryngology practices. A few ENTs are venturing into territory thats patrolled mainly by gastroenterologists. Thin, flexible,fiberoptic endoscopes are bringing the stomach and small intestine into the range of the ENTs practice, for instance,when treating a patient who has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which can affect the larynx and pharynx. Its not common for ENTs to wander so far afield, and probably wont become common. But if they do, your practice could stand to gain $279 or more so, for those rare cases, its important to know the coding. ENTs can enter the stomach, especially to evaluate the under surface of the esophagus as it enters the stomach, says Michael Setzen MD, FACS, FAAP, chief of the Rhinology Section at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and clinical associate professor of otolaryngology at NYU School of Medicine. We can look at the stomach [...]
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