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CMS: If You Break It, You Should Fix It
Published on Thu Aug 19, 2021
Question: One of our GI physicians attempted to do a banding of esophageal varices. He could not put the bands on, but in the process caused active variceal bleeding. He treated the bleeding with sclerotherapy. Should I report the banding of the esophageal varices, the sclerotherapy, or both? Texas Subscriber Answer: Report 43244 (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with band ligation of [...]