Series
Gastrointestinal
Status
Published
Date
Number of report
056
Diagnostic endoscopic procedures on the lower gastrointestinal tract
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The report presents a summary of reimbursement situation for diagnostic endoscopic procedures on the lower gastrointestinal tract for benign and malignant diseases in outpatient settings.
The following procedures will be considered:
- Colonoscopy
- Rectoscopy
- Anoscopy
The report will consider both stand-alone diagnostic procedures and in combination with biopsy of lesions.
The only reimbursement within public / statutory health insurance systems is considered.
Report includes essential information about reimbursement and national funding, including:
- Brief overview of reimbursement system for medical devices
- Procedure coding for technology
- Diagnosis coding
- Payment mechanism for technology
- Reimbursement tariffs for technology
- Restrictions in indications or scenarios for use of technology
- Policy considerations by payers and policy-makers about technology
Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England (UK)
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
It is also possible to add analysis in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Turkey.
Manufacturers of endoscope equipment for the lower gastrointestinal tract include:
- Alltion (Fiber-CS)
- Aohua Ednoscopy (FHD-CL, VCC)
- EndoChoice (Fuse)
- Endomed Systems (Duo, Combo-3)
- Fujifilm Holdings Corporation (Eluxeo EC, RU, EI, EC)
- Huger Endoscopy System (CVE)
- Interscope (EndoRotor)
- KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG (Silver Scope, Tele Pack X GI, Troidl Silver Scope)
- Olympus (EVIS EXERA-CF, PCF, SIF, CHF-V)
- Pentax medical (RetroView, MagniView EC, G‑EYE, FCP‑9P)
- SonoScape (ES-500, EC-430, EC-330)
Table of content is not available at the moment. Report is still ongoing.
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