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  2. What to know about Medicare and virtual colonoscopies

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    Medicare only covers virtual colonoscopies, or CT colonoscopies, in rare cases where a traditional colonoscopy is not possible. Coverage may also only be available to check for or diagnose certain ...

  3. Does Medicare Cover Virtual Colonoscopy in 2025?

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    Virtual colonoscopy is becoming more widely acceptable as a tool for assessing and treating colorectal cancer. Beginning January 1, 2025, Medicare may cover virtual colonoscopy in specific ...

  4. Virtual colonoscopy lets you skip the scope. Here’s what to ...

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    For example, in New York City’s 10038 ZIP code where Fortune is located, a virtual colonoscopy with contrast ranges from $496–$2,613 with a fair price of $778, according to Healthcare Bluebook ...

  5. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  6. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among physicians, coders, patients, accreditation organizations, and payers for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes.

  7. Virtual colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Virtual colonoscopy (VC, also called CT colonography or CT pneumocolon) is the use of CT scanning or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine), from the lowest part, the rectum, to the lower end of the small intestine, and to display the images on an electronic display device.

  8. FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening among ...

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    Current options for colorectal cancer screening for people at average risk include a stool-based test done either annually or every three years; a traditional colonoscopy every 10 years; a virtual ...

  9. Upper gastrointestinal series - Wikipedia

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    Indications to do this procedure are: unexplained chronic abdominal pain with weight loss, unexplained diarrhea, anemia which is caused by gastrointestinal bleeding or dependent on blood transfusion where the cause cannot be explained despite OGDS or colonoscopy investigations, partial obstruction of bowel/small bowel adhesive obstruction ...