Lbooth110
Contributor
I'm trying so hard to understand when the V76.51 (screening code for colonoscopy) is appropriate to be used as the primary dx code.
Our BCBS patient was scheduled for a colonoscopy screening. The doctor end up doing a colonoscopy with a snare polypectomy 45385. Wouldn't the "primary" dx code be the path report of the colon polyp and not the screening code?
I've been told the screeing code goes first, this does not seem right to me.
Please help!
Z
Our BCBS patient was scheduled for a colonoscopy screening. The doctor end up doing a colonoscopy with a snare polypectomy 45385. Wouldn't the "primary" dx code be the path report of the colon polyp and not the screening code?
I've been told the screeing code goes first, this does not seem right to me.
Please help!
Z