GI Scopes

Upper GI scopes should be coded as

• the deepest that was reached of the following
  • Therapeutic Intervention on Esophagus/Diagnostic Interventions on Esophagus
  • Therapeutic Intervention on Stomach, Pylorus/Diagnostic Interventions on Stomach
  • Therapeutic Intervention on Small Intestine/Diagnostic Interventions on Small Intestine
• plus the most invasive of the following that happened
  • Inspection, Exploration
  • Biopsy

This is according to the gospel of CCI Collection#Related Imaging, Diagnostic and Therapeutic procedures performed at the same time