Cologuard shows MANY false positives and you need a colonoscopy after anyway sm

In Reply to: Are you of average risk for colon CA? Maybe ask your doc about Cologuard posted by orr the poop in a box test. Mine's totally paid by insurance and pretty do-able. on Tue, Oct 05 2021 at 12:56 PM CDT:

which your insurance will regard as "diagnostic" and cover at a lower rate. If you do just the colonoscopy, it will be regarded as "screening" and be fully covered.

Follow Ups:

• Once you've been diagnosed with polyps, it's no longer considered "screening." BTDT and had to pay more for "diagnostic." nm Thu, Oct 07 2021 at 10:09 AM CDT (2)
  • Our GI doesn't use screening CPT codes for anyone. Per my paperwork to call ins. company. sm Sun, Oct 10 2021 at 12:36 PM CDT (1)
    • There are different codes for screening and for screening that becomes diagnostic. SM Thu, Oct 14 2021 at 09:25 AM CDT (0)

Post a Followup