READER QUESTIONS :
Don't Let Brand Name Confuse Your Coding
Published on Sat Jun 27, 2009
Question: Our physicians are using a Third Eye retroscope. I am trying to find a CPT code for this procedure. Nebraska Subscriber Answer: Third Eye Retroscope is a brand name for an add-on to a standard colonoscope. Use the same colonoscopy procedure codes as you normally would. -- Clinical and coding expertise for this issue provided by Michael Weinstein, MD, a gastroenterologist in Washington, D.C., and former member of the AMA's CPT Advisory Panel; and Linda Parks, MA, CPC, CMC, CMSCS, an independent coding consultant in Atlanta.
