When a diagnostic scope procedure is performed in the same surgical session as a surgical scope procedure, which of the following is true?
A) the surgical scope procedure is bundled into the reimbursement for the diagnostic scope procedure
B) the coder must determine whether the diagnostic or surgical scope procedure was more extensive and report the most extensive procedure
C) the diagnostic scope procedure is bundled into the reimbursement for the surgical scope procedure
D) both the diagnostic and the surgical scope procedures may be reported, with a -59 modifier appended to the diagnostic scope CPT code
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