General Surgery Coding Alert

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Detail Maloney Bougie Dilator

Question: Our surgeon performed an esophagoscopy on a Medicare patient before the insertion of a Maloney bougie dilator. What is the correct code, and is it different for a guide wire dilation? Codify Subscriber Answer: No matter how you code it, Medicare’s multiple-procedure rules will apply and you can expect 100 percent payment for the primary and highest paying procedure. Depending on [...]
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