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Discern Intent Rather Than Scope Type to Arrive at Appropriate Code

Published on Mon May 27, 2013

Question: Our gastroenterologist recently performed a colonoscopy to place a stent on a patient who had a rectal sigmoid mass.  He tried advancing the colonoscope through the rectum and did get into the descending colon but was unable to place stent. He then tried to pass the colonoscope beyond the mass but was unsuccessful.  He then advanced a flexible sigmoidoscope [...]
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