Wiki Screening vs Elective Colonoscopy

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If the doctor indicates that the patient is coming in for an elective colonoscopy and there are no pre-operative symtoms can V76.51 be used?
 
So elective can be interpreted as a screening colonoscopy without the words screening colonoscopy appearing on the op report?
 
In the scenario I'm presenting, no indications for the elective colonoscopy is given. The doctor is not giving preoperative symptoms or stating screening colonoscopy, just elective colonoscopy.
 
V76.51

I believe there is a coding clinic on this. V76.51 is the first listed/principal diagnosis when a patient presents for a screening colonoscopy (elective) and the patient does not have any symptoms (or no mention of a prior colonoscopy, hence follow up).

Findings (polyps, diverticulosis, hemorrhoids) are listed as secondary only.

Maria
 
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