Wiki Follow up office visit post colonoscopy

[joyce]

New to GI coding,
provider brings patient back to the office two weeks after colonoscopy for results and results were normal, what ICD do you bill for this?

 

[debbiebeal]

its a post op visit there should be no charge

 

[tldixon@mokancomm.net]

Post op for colonoscopy

You can charge an Office Visit for the post colonoscopy...we usually charge a low level, 99212, Office Visit. We haven't had any problems getting paid for these.

 

[joyce]

its a post op visit there should be no charge

There are no global days for the screening colonoscopy-45378

 

[joyce]

You can charge an Office Visit for the post colonoscopy...we usually charge a low level, 99212, Office Visit. We haven't had any problems getting paid for these.

What dx code do you use?

 

[SamuelMarcusMD]

op ov colonoscopy

What diagnosis code is being used

 

[mitchellde]

It would need to e a V code for follow up.

 

[OCD_coder]

If there is documentation that they are still having symptoms, I code those before I use a v-code for follow up.

The results my be normal, but what drove the medical necessity for the colonoscopy in the first place.