44361 billed with 44360 -paid for both?

[erossi]

My physician did an enteroscopy with biopsy (used a regular scope); he then came out and entered again and used a side-view scope - same session. can we bill and get paid for both? Should we bill with a modifier?

 

[Joe_coder07]

No 44361 & 44360 cannot be billed together. Even NCCI edit unbundling is not allowed.

 

[erossi]

Thanks for your reply, we did not think we could get paid for both.

 

[jaa8237]

44360 & 44361

You have to remember that you can NEVER bill a diagnostic code if the procedure involves something else. That applies to all of your procedure codes.