Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker clarified on Instagram that his recent hospitalization for pancreatitis was after an endoscopy, but what is an endoscopy? "I went in for an endoscopy on Monday feeling ...

Although you can bill either 00740 (EGD) or 00810 (Colonoscopy), a good rule of thumb in this situation is to code the procedure for which a diagnosis is given to support medical necessity. This ...

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 ...

Bunny Twiford, RN, president of Twiford Consulting in Warminster, Pa., shares six things GI-driven ASCs should benchmark. 1. Length of the procedure vs. scheduling allotments. Ms. Twiford says ASCs ...