Wiki foreign body removal vs hot snare

[Colliemom]

I have a physician who billed an EGD with hot snare, but he used the hot snare to retrieve a hemoclip left from a previous procedure. So I am trying to decide if the hot snare code is the appropriate code, as this was technically an EGD w/foreign body removal.

Has anyone had to bill for this before? How did you code this?

If you haven't billed for it, how would you code this?

 

[j.berkshire]

I'd be inclined to use the fb removal code. The snare code states it is for removal of tumor, polyp or lesion by snare technique.