Wiki Colorectal

[kalpana]

Please advise.
The physician performs rectal tumor, before that he does sigmoidoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, cpt 45330, to exactly find the location of polypectomy.

45172
Excision of rectal tumor, transanal approach; including muscularis propria (ie, full thickness)

Billable only Cpt 45172.

Is this right
Thanks
Alpana

 

[MarylouT]

You can bill 45172 and 45330 together - no modifiers necessary.