The following article is written by Jen Cohrs CPC, CPMA, CGIC, member of AAPC. Colonoscopy coding is an art. There are many intricacies involved with the correct way to code a screening colonoscopy.

1. Control of bleeding not separately billable. The control of bleeding is included in biopsy (and most other) endoscopic procedures, and is not separately billable unless the patient comes into the ...

The Providence Journal analyzed billing code data from all of the state’s acute care hospitals, ranging from diagnostic procedures such as endoscopies and colonoscopies to major heart and bowel ...