{"id":33,"date":"2012-10-22T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.cbspecialist.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2018-07-19T21:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T21:50:28","slug":"gastroenterology-billing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"Gastroenterology Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that a billing a colonoscopy requires noting advancement beyond the splenic flexure?\u00a0 Otherwise, documentation will only support a sigmoidoscopy.<\/p>\n<p>Accurate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgmbilling.com\">medical billing<\/a> and coding for <em>Gastroenterology<\/em> is challenging and requires a high level of knowledge to ensure maximum reimbursement.\u00a0\u00a0 These challenges include billing for colorectal cancer screenings vs. colonoscopies, motility and GI function studies, documenting proper levels of <b>Evaluation and Management Services, category III codes for treatment of GERD<\/b>, and <b>applying <\/b>the use of <b>modifiers 51, 59, and 26<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, gastroenterology billing and endoscopy billing requires the ability to effectively track underpayments.\u00a0 This\u00a0requirement often exceeds the capabilities of generic billing software and practice billing staff.\u00a0 <b>GI practices not effectively targeting underpayments typically see 7%-10% lower levels of reimbursement<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CBS<\/strong> is well versed in both gastroenterology billing and endoscopy billing.\u00a0 From our ongoing involvement with<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gastro.org\/\">The American Gastroenterological Association<\/a><\/em> to our team of gastroenterology medical billing and coding specialists,\u00a0<strong>CBS<\/strong> will work in conjunction with your practice to ensure you receive maximum reimbursement for services provided.\u00a0 <strong>CBS<\/strong> will identify problem areas such as the correct use of modifiers, evaluate underpayments, and manage all aspects of your practice\u2019s billing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that a billing a colonoscopy requires noting advancement beyond the splenic flexure?\u00a0 Otherwise, documentation will only support a sigmoidoscopy. Accurate medical billing and coding for Gastroenterology is challenging and requires a high level of knowledge to ensure maximum reimbursement.\u00a0\u00a0 These challenges include billing for colorectal cancer screenings vs. colonoscopies, motility and GI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compliancebillingspecialist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}