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Uptake and Short-term Outcomes of High-risk Screening Colonoscopy Billing Codes: A Population-based Study Among Young Adults.

Lawrence F PaszatRinku SutradharJin LuoJill TinmouthLinda RabeneckNancy N Baxter
Published in: Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (2021)
Colorectal cancer was more frequent following billing claims for high-risk screening colonoscopy for familial syndromes, as were noncolorectal malignancies potentially associated with these syndromes. This billing claim for familial colorectal cancer syndrome colonoscopy appears to identify a group at elevated short-term risk for cancer.
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