EGD is a widely performed procedure for the diagnosis and management of upper-gastrointestinal disorders. Intravenous sedation during EGD, however, causes hypoventilation and hypoxemia.

Control of bleeding can be obtained through means of injections, as well as cauterizations. Injections of epinephrine through an upper endoscopy are coded as 43255. This injection would be included in ...

GLP-1s, a popular class of weight loss and diabetes drugs, can hinder the safety of a common gastroenterology procedure, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

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The trans-nasal endoscopy (TNE) service began at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in August after being ...

CMS began looking to separate moderate sedation services from procedure codes in all specialties back in 2014, including gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to an AGA report. The three major GI ...

Joan Rivers entered Yorkville Endoscopy on Aug. 28 for a routine procedure. Then, complications that proved fatal arose. She died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Sept. 4 from a lack of ...