A patient undergoes a routine colonoscopy and polypectomy during the same operative session by Provider X. When preparing the claim for this procedure, how should the medical assistant correctly bundle the charges?
Report both procedures separately without any modifiers, as each procedure is distinct and should be accounted for independently.
Report only the colonoscopy since it is the less intensive procedure and the associated RVUs will cover both the colonoscopy and polypectomy.
Report both the colonoscopy and polypectomy with Modifier -51 appended to the colonoscopy to indicate that multiple procedures were performed.
Report only the polypectomy as the colonoscopy is considered to be part of the same procedural service and is not reported separately.