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| | ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals | Editorial |
 | | When the snare cautery technique is used, a wire loop is heated and then placed around the desired piece of tissue or polyp to shave off the polyp or lesion. |
 | | Unlike the techniques described in codes 45385 and 45384, the terminology used to indicate when code 45383, Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with ablation of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) not amenable to removal by hot biopsy forceps, bipolar cautery or snare technique, should be reported is not as clear cut. |
 | | Colonoscopy with removal by snare technique, 45385, should not be used for the removal of a small polyp by "biopsy" or "cold forceps" technique. |
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