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Published on Mon Nov 23, 2020

Question: A patient complained of pain in swallowing, acidity, and regurgitation at times. Suspecting an esophageal abnormality or tumor, the provider inspected the patient’s upper GI tract using a flexible endoscope. Simultaneously he also carried out a high frequency transendoscopic ultrasound exam and fine needle aspiration to collect fluid samples. How do we code this scenario? Can I report 43237 [...]
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