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SuperCoder on "Forearm Laceration"

Hi, We need extensive report to get this case coded. I am sorry to figure out from this limited info after consulting with my CE also. You need to sub

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User id : 15416 on "Xrays for needle guidance/placement"

'20610' performed using pre-procedure xray and intra-procedure xray for needle guidance/placement, no contrast was used. Can these xrays be billed wi

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User id : 57067 on "billing 29823, 29826, 23120"

Hello, This is a URGENT request, we are on a limited time line to appeal. We billed code 29823-RT, with add on code 29826-RT and 23120-RT. CCI edit f

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User id : 33396 on "End Stage Patellofemoral Arthritis"

Hi, What CPT codes would I use for the following: 1. Thorough irrigation, debridement, left knee including total synovectomy and bony cuts for knee ar

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User id : 33396 on "Calcaneonavicular coalition"

How would I code: 1. calcaneonavicular coalition excision. 2. dorsal osteophyte excision of the talonavicular joint. Dx: painful hindfoot, bony fibrou

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User id : 33396 on "Flexor Tenosnovectomy"

How would I code: 1.Right extended carpal tunnel release and flexor tenosynovectomy. 2.Right wrist arthroscopy with synovial and impinging capsular ti

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SuperCoder on "billing 29823, 29826, 23120"

This question was handled in CPT® Assistant. September 2012; Volume 22: Issue 9 Question: My physician performs an arthroscopic procedure for decomp

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SuperCoder on "Xrays for needle guidance/placement"

When a small amount of contrast is injected into the hip under fluoroscopic guidance to ensure proper needle location before administering an anesthet

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SuperCoder on "End Stage Patellofemoral Arthritis"

You should report 27488 (Removal of prosthesis, including total knee prosthesis, methylmethacrylate with or without insertion of spacer, knee) for you

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User id : 16590 on "27487"

DOES THIS CODE INCLUDE DEBRIDEMENT AND IF NOT CAN I BILL IT WITH CODE 27487

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User id : 57067 on "Joint inj with ultrasound"

Hello, Our provider has asked for a sample of an joint injection with ultrasound report-that meets the guidelines in the CPT book. Do you have one?

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SuperCoder on "27487"

It includes debridement.

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SuperCoder on "Joint inj with ultrasound"

There is no AMA CPT coding restriction to reporting CPT code 76942 (Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement [eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, local

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SuperCoder on "Flexor Tenosnovectomy"

The carpal tunnel release (64721, Neuroplasty and/or transposition; median nerve at carpal tunnel) and the tenosynovectomy (26145, Synovectomy, tendon

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SuperCoder on "Calcaneonavicular coalition"

28116 28120

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User id : 57067 on "Joint inj with ultrasound"

Right now all we have on the report is "knee injection under ultrasound guidance" I do not feel this is enough to support code 76942. What do you t

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SuperCoder on "Joint inj with ultrasound"

It supports 76942. We have the buzzing now "Multiple ultrasound views were used to ensure proper needle placement. Approximately *** nonionic contras

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User id : 32668 on "disability paperwork"

We are seeing a ton of paperwork for short term disability. Can we charge for filling this paperwork out in the post operative period and if so, what

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SuperCoder on "disability paperwork"

You can charge for filling out disability paperwork by billing 99080 (Special reports such as insurance forms, more than the information conveyed in t

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User id : 76198 on "Irrigation"

Is there a cpt code for irrigation only--not irrigation and debridement? I am looking for a code for irrigation of finger. My doctor did an exploratio

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