User id : 33396 on "Bursitis, Closure"
How would I code the following: 1. Irrigation and excisional debridement, subcu and bursa (10 cm wound). 2. Intermediate closure, 10 cm posterior elbo
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How would I code the following complex hand injury: 1. I&D of skin, subcu, and bone involving: thumb 1.5 cm laceration with skin and bone debridem
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Dressing Change"
How would I code for an inpatient dressing change with irrigation and debridement of wounds? Dx: Mangling hand injury. Thanks.
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Bundled Knee Procedures"
Do I only code 29877 for the following: 1. Knee arthroscopy with lysis of adhesions. 2. Arthroscopic lateral release, knee. 3. Knee arthroscopic chond
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Medicare Code for Consult"
You may need to instead use an initial hospital care code such as 99221-99223 (Initial hospital care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a
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Hi, We are working on all your questions. Please be patient. Thanks,
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I need the detailed description for this case. Thanks,
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Bursitis, Closure"
Pneumatic tournique was used. Pulsavac was used for 3L of fluid. A rongeur was used for debridement of some of the remaining bursal tissue. The lat
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Foot Procedure"
How would I code the following: 1.Lateral column lengthening, right. 2.Harvest of calcaneal autograft through a separate incision, right. 3.Transfer o
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Triscaphe DJD"
How would I code the following: Trapezium resection and hemitrapezoid resection arthroplasty with flexor carpi radialis to APL tendon transfer for sus
View ArticleUser id : 35107 on "Two distinct surgical sessions on one day"
My doctor performs a Anterior Cervical Diskectomy with Fusion and closes the patient up, then repositions the patient on another table to perform a P
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Yes, the first statement hold true. Modifier 51 (multiple procedures) is used to inform payers that two or more procedures are being reported on the s
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Reported by 27698. FDL tendon transfer to the navicular and tendo Achilles lengthening is reported by 27691. 27687 28298
View ArticleUser id : 35413 on "E/M verses fracture care code"
Please clarify this for me. Person seen in emergency room with a fracture and placed in a sling by the ED department. Told to go to the specialist(wh
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And please provide me the Dx also. Is this a Post Op case?
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