With each New Year comes a fresh batch of CPT updates. The three GI sister societies have released a report on 2015 coding updates for gastroenterologists to know. Here are 17 colonoscopy coding ...

By appending modifier -PT to the CPT code, this tells Medicare to waive the deductible for the patient for this procedure. Modifier -33 (preventive service) is attached to the CPT code to notify to ...

For people with symptoms that could indicate colorectal cancer, a colonoscopy is considered diagnostic, and Medicare covers the procedure differently, as described below.