Medical Definition of OTOSCOPY. : visual examination of the auditory canal and the eardrum with an otoscope. What made you want to look up otoscopy?
Diagnosis Code K57.9 ICD-10: K57.9 Short Description: Diverticular disease of intest, part unsp, w/o perf or abscs Long Description: Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code K57.9 Not Valid for Submission The code K57.9 is a header and not valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
The CPT code would be 45378 (Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure, diagnostic). Medicare has slightly different code selections for colorectal screenings than commercial payers. Let's talk about the ICD-9 code selections. For a Medicare patient, you would report V76.51 as the primary diagnosis.Then you must check if the patient is considered a high risk. For average risk patients, a screening colonoscopy is limited to once every 10 years.t is used to provide an early diagnosis of colorectal cancer, diverticulosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, etc. The diagnosis code for the screening is selected from the V code section V76.51 (Special screening for malignant neoplasms, colon).