twebber68
New
In preparation of OIG, we are trying to make sure we are clear on our colonoscopy billings. For Medeicare: If you begin a colonoscopy as a screening and the surgeon sees diverticulitis/osis, do you continue to bill the procedure as a screening colonoscopy G-code or do you switch to a diagnostic CPT? I found on the Medicare website to use the screening Dx as primary and the findings dx as secondary, but they really didn't state whether to keep the G-code or not.
Also curious if anyone has any advice on when one of our General Practician doctors sends a patient to one of our Internist/Surgeons via Referral or Consult. Is there any time when we can bill the office visit that the Internist/Surgeon spends with the patient before the colonoscopy, or is it always bundled with the procedure?
Also curious if anyone has any advice on when one of our General Practician doctors sends a patient to one of our Internist/Surgeons via Referral or Consult. Is there any time when we can bill the office visit that the Internist/Surgeon spends with the patient before the colonoscopy, or is it always bundled with the procedure?