Practice Management

2025 Coding Update for Chronic Care Management Codes and Case Study

Chronic care management is essential for many chronic gastrointestinal disorders. This article will introduce how to utilize chronic care management CPT codes to assist in developing an organized process to care for your patients.
ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

We are looking into the coding for smoking cessation. We have heard that it will interfere with our office visits. What are the educational and documentation requirements to qualify for smoking cessation coding?
QI Spotlight: Filling Open Patient Slots

Our endoscopy center faced staffing shortages and changes in scheduling and recall management starting March 2022, leading to backlogs, especially in filling last-minute cancellations within one week.
Precision Gastroenterology: Harnessing Personalized Medicine for Transformative Patient Care

We’ve all seen how the landscape of medicine has evolved dramatically over the past decade. What excites me most today is how our specialty is moving toward a more individualized approach, what we now call precision gastroenterology.
September is Women in Medicine Month

September is Women in Medicine Month, a time to celebrate the achievements of women in medicine across all stages of the profession.
Case 30: Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm

A 77 year old male with past medical history of HTN, HLD, prediabetes, obesity, COPD, AAA who initially underwent an CT abdomen pelvis WWO in 6/2013 for evaluation for nephrolithiasis which noted a 1.3 x 2.2 cm cystic structure in the neck of pancreas.
ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

We understand that for studies we bill for interpretation, the service date is the read date. However, Medicare/Medicaid states for studies like Bravo and capsule endoscopy, it should be the ingestion date. Can you please clarify?
Leverage the ASGE Quality Star to Promote Your Unit’s Commitment to Quality

Now more than ever, demonstrating your GI team's commitment to high-quality, safe, patient-centered care is critical.
Digital Health Revolution: Transforming Gastroenterology Care Through Innovation

As gastroenterologists, we’re no strangers to technological change. From high-definition endoscopes to advanced biologics, innovation has always driven improvements in our field.
Optimizing Endoscopy Efficiency Across Settings: Practical Lessons from ASCs and Hospitals

Efficiency in endoscopic practice is more than just throughput—it’s about delivering safe, timely, and patient-centered care while maintaining the well-being of the healthcare team.
ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

When a note is signed, is it a legal document and should it not be unlocked to make any changes? Moreover, should any changes be made in an addendum?
Improving patient access to colonoscopy/endoscopy by increasing room utilization

We have noticed that there are often rooms being underutilized for entire or partial days and that the patient backlog of procedures has increased.
Case 29: Diarrhea

A 63-year-old male with a history of hypertension, well-controlled on amlodipine, presents with chronic diarrhea, bloating, and unintentional weight loss of 15 pounds over six months.
Silent Epidemic: Addressing Liver Disease as a Major Population Health Challenge

A Growing and Often Missed BurdenMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has emerged as a major public health threat, one that is often under-recognized due to its silent progression.
Quality Counts: Choosing the Right QI Project for Your GI Practice

Quality improvement (QI) in gastroenterology (GI), is a phrase that is often uttered in conferences, meetings, and on societal websites. It’s a concept that gastroenterologists know is important, but formal training in QI initiatives is not standardized.

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