vkratzer
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If a provider documents that he removed several polyps with a snare and then ablates a diminuitive polyp using electrocautery, is that sufficient to code ablation. He doesn't specifically tell me that he is using the snare tip to "ablate" but I think that is what he is doing. I'm thinking that there should NOT be an additional code for ablation in this case. Provider is using this term (ablation) quite often and I'm not sure that an additional charge should be added. I need to know when it is appropriate to bill an ablation code. I'm thinking that an ablation procedure does not happen often and I don't want the billers coding this just because the provider is using the term ablation in his report if it is not appropriate. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.