When a surgeon dictates that a polyp was biopsied and cauterized at the same time, use CPT 45384 (colonoscopy with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) by hot biopsy or bipolar cautery).
Paul Cadorette: When presenting for a screening procedure, the patient should be asymptomatic (without signs or symptoms). Since the patient presents with rectal bleeding, the purpose of the procedure ...