• ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    We have a patient who had a colonoscopy in August 2014, and one sigmoid polyp was removed. In the operation note, it was originally put in the plan to repeat the colonoscopy in five years.

  • New Kentucky CRC Newsletter Designed to Educate and Engage Key Stakeholders

    CCPP founder and ASGE member Whitney Jones, MD, explains, “We are ramping up our efforts to improve CRC outcomes through general awareness and evidence-based interventions.”

  • Case 17: General GI

    A 65-year-old female is hospitalized following right hip replacement three days ago. A GI consult is requested for evaluation of abdominal distention. She has poor oral intake. She's receiving regularly scheduled intravenous (IV) morphine for hip pain.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    Can the new CPT code G2211 which went into effect on January 1, 2024, be used in GI practices?

  • “Time-Out” Process Study

    Successful applicants to the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program submit a summary of a recently conducted quality improvement (QI) project as part of the application process.

  • Modern Staffing Solutions for Practices

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered one of the worst job crises. As we exit the COVID-19 pandemic, the employment picture has changed dramatically.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    We have a patient in the hospital who has a G-tube that the patient says is too small—medications are difficult to give, and feeds are too slow. Our doctor exchanged the tube at the bedside. Would this be considered just a visit and not a procedure?

  • Improving Scheduling of Esophageal Motility Procedures

    The purpose of this study was to identify what factors result in delayed scheduling of patients for EMS/pH procedures.

  • Case 16: Interventional Endoscopy

    A 61-year-old male with a history of hypertension, well-controlled on metoprolol, presents with complaint of left upper quadrant abdominal pain, bloating and dyspepsia after meals for four months.

  • Case 15: Ulcerative Colitis

    A 24-year-old male presents to his primary care physician with complaint of bloody diarrhea x 1 week. Preceding this, he had generalized abdominal cramping and increased frequency of stools for two weeks.

  • Improving Survival of Colorectal Cancer in Their Community

    Nurse Lead Amanda Cunningham, BSN, RN, shares why honoree status is important to her team and her community.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    A patient had a diagnostic colonoscopy and indications were rectal bleeding, abnormal scan of the digestive tract and incomplete defecation.

  • Getting Creative in Community Engagement

    As health care teams, you are trusted members of your communities. You have the desire, knowledge and vision to advance digestive health care locally.

  • Case 14: Burnout

    A 42-year-old female advanced practice provider (APP) presents to her primary physician with a chief complaint of fatigue and feeling “stressed.” She has no chronic medical problems and takes no medication.

  • Chronic Care Management: How To Implement and Manage a Quality-Driven Program

    There is a widespread realization that health care in the U.S. remains fragmented and lacks longitudinal coordination of care.