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Using Modifiers for Endoscopy and Unguided Dilation? Think Again

Published on Tue Aug 27, 2013

Question: I code for an ASC and one of our gastroenterologists does an endoscopy first, removes the scope, then passes a #56 mercury bougie through the mouth, esophagus and into the stomach. I have been coding the endoscopy and dilation separately because he states he removes the scope before passing the bougie. I have been using procedure code “43450” with [...]
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