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.