TY - JOUR
T1 - Motility and GI function studies billing and coding guidelines
T2 - A position paper of the American Motility Society
AU - Botoman, V. Alin
AU - Rao, Satish
AU - Dunlap, Polly
AU - Abell, Tom
AU - Falk, Gary W.
PY - 2003/6/1
Y1 - 2003/6/1
N2 - Tests that measure gastrointestinal function, such as esophageal motility testing, ambulatory twenty-four hour pH, electrogastrography, gastroduodenal, sphincter of Oddi, and anorectal manometry, as well as hydrogen breath testing are now an essential part in the evaluation of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. They are widely performed in a variety of clinical settings. In this paper we outline the position of the American Motility Society on billing and coding for these studies, and review the issues for these studies under the current United States Relative Value Scale system. We have also provided an outline for standardization of reports for these procedures, and propose changes and modifications of current medical necessity diagnoses.
AB - Tests that measure gastrointestinal function, such as esophageal motility testing, ambulatory twenty-four hour pH, electrogastrography, gastroduodenal, sphincter of Oddi, and anorectal manometry, as well as hydrogen breath testing are now an essential part in the evaluation of patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders. They are widely performed in a variety of clinical settings. In this paper we outline the position of the American Motility Society on billing and coding for these studies, and review the issues for these studies under the current United States Relative Value Scale system. We have also provided an outline for standardization of reports for these procedures, and propose changes and modifications of current medical necessity diagnoses.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.t01-1-07493.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.t01-1-07493.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12818262
AN - SCOPUS:0037973547
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 98
SP - 1228
EP - 1236
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 6
ER -