Anesthesia Coding Alert

Correction

In You Be the Coder of the September issue (page 70), the answer stated in part that Medicare would not pay for endoscopies related to diagnoses such as hemorrhoids (ICD-9, 455 and related codes) and diverticulitis (ICD-9, 562 and related codes).

The example diagnosis should have been diverticulosis (ICD-9 562.10), not diverticulitis. We apologize for any confusion related to this matter.