Wiki Screening colonoscopy

[TBEATSON]

When you do a colonoscopy with the pre operative diagnosis of screening colonoscopy and while doing the colonoscopy you find that the patient has a problem such as diverticulosis, do you assign the diagnosis for the screening colonoscopy in addition to the diagnosis for diverticulosis, or would you only use the diagnosis for diverticulosis?

 

[MRandles]

Per the Gastroenterology report you would dx the Screening primary (V76.51)to indicate that the patient presented for a screening and then the findings/pathology secondary (562.10). The CPT should reflect the procedure that was done, bx, polypectomy, ect.

Melissa Briggs, CPC