You will receive specific instructions for your endoscopy depending on what type you are scheduled to have. Generally, however, you will need to fast the day before the procedure (usually overnight).

There are substantial changes in store for lower GI endoscopy procedures in 2015. Here are 12 things to know about the revisions, according to the American Gastroenterological Association. • The CPT ...

CMS has created G-codes for 10 lower GI/endoscopy procedures in an effort to allow providers to report Medicare procedures in CY 2015 as they did in CY 2014. CMS requires the G-codes be reported for ...

A combined colonoscopy and endoscopy lets a doctor examine your upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, all in one procedure. Doctors use a combined colonoscopy and endoscopy to help diagnose the ...

To address these uncertainties, we conducted a prospective analysis of the association between lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and the long-term risk of incident colorectal cancer in two large U ...

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) is defined as gastrointestinal bleeding from a source that cannot be determined even after upper or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy is performed. It is an ...

Otani, K., et al. (2022) Long-term rebleeding rate and predictive factors of rebleeding after capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. doi ...

Long-term rebleeding rate and predictive factors of rebleeding after capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy , 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.gie ...