January | February 2011
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VOL. 18, NO. 1
An Official Publication of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
CPT 2011 update
6;ask the expert: Bowel preparation
for colonoscopy
20 excellence to be recognized
at the Crystal awards
24;electronic health record: Preparation
selection and implementation
29;2010 Cook Medical Don Wilson
recipient: Dr. Jovanovic
30;asge ambassador Program
makes an impact
36;asge Recognizes Members through
New education achievement Program
See;Inside;this;issue;on;pg.;2
for;a;detailed;list;of;contents.
Several changes were made to the Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT®) used to report gastroenterology services for
2011, based on the work of the GI societies and their advisors
through the American Medical Association’s (AMA) CPT process.
A few of the changes included in CPT® Coding Updates,
What’s New in CPT®: Coding Changes for 2011 are outlined
below. ASGE, the AGA Institute and the American College of
Gastroenterology developed a manual of coding changes for
2011, which is available online and was delivered electronically
to members on December 9, 2010.
Many coding changes in 2011
The CPT 2011 changes in gastroenterology include:
l Gastric biopsy
l Gastric and duodenal drainage tests
l Incomplete colonoscopy- Modifier 53
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ASGE Celebrates
70 Years of Excellence
President’s message
M. Brian Fennerty, MD, FASGE
2010-2011 ASGE President
Progress report on PIVI
As many of you know, I’m an advocate for endoscopic research and innovation to improve digestive
health outcomes in our patients. ASGE needs to help promote endoscopic clinical research to solve
important clinical issues. As such, I, with the help of Doug Rex and the ASGE Governing Board,
initiated, “The Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations That Improve
Digestive Health” (PIVI) program.
l Formalize a mechanism through which ASGE can identify important clinical endoscopic issues and
incorporate innovation to resolve those issues for clinical practice.
l Foster and preserve endoscopic innovations that resolve clinical issues and, in doing so, improve
digestive health.
l Protect ASGE from conflicts of interest, while assisting industry partners in technology development.
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ASGE Foundation.
The process
PIVI brings together a committee of endoscopy experts after an important clinical issue, which requires
use of technology to resolve it, is defined. Each PIVI committee is charged with defining the threshold
a technology needs to achieve in order to resolve the clinical issue. Once an innovation has satisfied
the a priori-defined threshold, the society will support the incorporation of this innovation into
clinical practice. continued on page 4
