Multiple Choice
Preoperative diagnosis: Melena
Postoperative diagnosis: Internal hemorrhoids
Procedure: Colonoscopy
The 60-year-old patient was experiencing melena and it was recommended that he complete a colonoscopy as an outpatient procedure. The patient was prepped in the surgical suite and a scope inserted into the rectum and the large intestines examined which showed internal hemorrhoids. A biopsy was taken and sent to pathology. The scope was extracted and the patient was sent to the recovery room in good condition.
Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.
A) 45380, K64.8
B) 45380, K64
C) 45380, K64.4
D) 45380, K64.9
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