General Surgery Coding Alert
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Prior Colectomy
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This does not mean that a colonoscopy was performed. The two procedures may use different scopes of different lengths, and a colonoscope is much longer than a flexible sigmoidoscope. If the surgeon required the length of a colonoscope to reach the small bowel, however, a colonoscopy could appropriately be billed.
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