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AAMA CMA Practice Question

A patient undergoes a routine colonoscopy and polypectomy during the same operative session by Provider X. When preparing the claim for this procedure, how should the medical assistant correctly bundle the charges?

  • Report both procedures separately without any modifiers, as each procedure is distinct and should be accounted for independently.

  • Report both the colonoscopy and polypectomy with Modifier -51 appended to the colonoscopy to indicate that multiple procedures were performed.

  • Report only the colonoscopy since it is the less intensive procedure and the associated RVUs will cover both the colonoscopy and polypectomy.

  • Report only the polypectomy as the colonoscopy is considered to be part of the same procedural service and is not reported separately.

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