Here’s how to code an endoscopic swallowing study in a facility
Effective Jul 25, 2016
Published Jul 25, 2016
Last Reviewed Jul 21, 2016
Question: My ENT physician has been providing flexible fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing (FFEES) studies at a facility, mostly billing FFEES code 92616, and she has been doing the interpretation and report. Many of the patients are in an inpatient stay, and Medicare has not been reimbursing her for code 92616 because of place of service 21 (inpatient hospital). Can she just report the flexible laryngoscopy code 31575 used in providing the swallow study, since she does bring her own scope?
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