If you’re reporting multiple endoscopic procedures during the same surgical session, you have to ask yourself an important question: Are the scopes the physician performed in the same code family?
If so, the multiple-scope rule specifies that you cannot report the base, or parent, code separately with more extensive scopes in the same family. In addition, you will face a fee reduction for multiple scopes in the same code family.
Include the Parent Code
You should always include [...]