This GI coding webinar is an overview of issues that are new since January 1, 2017, as well as those that still present challenges to GI practices.

Objectives:

• Anesthesia/Moderate Sedation Update
• Update on MIPS: GI Reporting Qualifiers
• Appropriate definitions of Screening vs. Surveillance vs. Diagnostic colonoscopy and how this is viewed by payers and the effects on patient benefits
• Modifier 53: Appropriate reporting of colonoscopy versus flexible sigmoidoscopy
• NPP Billing: review of Incident-To and Split-Shared billing
• Appropriate reporting of unlisted procedure codes for advanced or unusual endoscopy services