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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleUser id : 16590 on "27487"
DOES THIS CODE INCLUDE DEBRIDEMENT AND IF NOT CAN I BILL IT WITH CODE 27487
View ArticleUser 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?
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Flexor Tenosnovectomy"
The carpal tunnel release (64721, Neuroplasty and/or transposition; median nerve at carpal tunnel) and the tenosynovectomy (26145, Synovectomy, tendon
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleUser 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
View ArticleSuperCoder 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
View ArticleUser 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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