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.

Therapeutic colonoscopy When signs and symptoms are related to the GI tract (i.e., abdominal pain, blood in stool, chronic diarrhea, change in bowel habits, weight loss or blood loss anemia), the ...