User id : 76198 on "20610"
My physician did 2 injections to the same knee. Pes anserine RIGHT knee AND Fibular collateral ligament RIGHT knee. Can you bill this twice? I know y
View ArticleSuperCoder on "20610"
Thanks for your question. Please confirm if the injection was given for postoperative pain management or not and the substance injected. Please also
View ArticleUser id : 76198 on "20610"
Patient had total knee arthroplasty on right knee 3/26. Postop ended 6/24. Patient was seeing doctor for pain. Dr. diagnosed as bursitis. Pes anserine
View ArticleUser id : 17042 on "Revision I-M"
Patient had previous Intramedullary nailing of a left hip fracture and now presents with pain. X-ray reveals protrusion of the compression screw int
View ArticleSuperCoder on "63267 with modifier 50"
Modifier 50 is not an approved modifier for this procedure. Hope this helps.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Revision I-M"
For the removal you would use 20680 (Removal of implant; deep (eg, buried wire, pin, screw, metal band, nail, rod or plate) and for screw replacement
View ArticleUser id : 17042 on "Revision I-M"
Thank you so much for the quick response. Always appreciated.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "20610"
You should look at the codes 20550(Injection(s); single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis (eg, plantar "fascia") and 20510 (Injection(s); single
View ArticleUser id : 77689 on "Return to hospital"
Hi, We have a patient that had a complex lumbar reconstruction, L3-S1, and was discharged at the appropriate time. Approximately 1 week later, she s
View ArticleUser id : 77689 on "Removal of instrumentation"
Hi, I am trying to code an op report where the surgeon removed non-segmental instrumentation L5-S1, there is no infection/rejection of the hardware.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Removal of instrumentation"
What was the reason for the removal and what procedure codes are you using for the insertion of the segmented instrumentation?
View ArticleUser id : 76198 on "open bursectomy of shoulder"
Is there a cpt code for open excision of shoulder bursa. I know if it is arthroscopic, the orthopedic coding companion states that a limited bursecto
View ArticleUser id : 76198 on "shoulder microfracture and open biceps tenodesis and...
Open Biceps Tenotomy Patient previous had surgery repair of SLAP [29807] January 2014. He continues to have pain. After his initial procedure of Janua
View ArticleUser id : 77689 on "Removal of instrumentation"
He was working on the levels above the previous fusion and explored the fusion to make sure there was a bony bridge. It looks like he wanted to just
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Removal of instrumentation"
This query is being researched and will be answered soon. Thank you.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "open bursectomy of shoulder"
There is no code for an open excision of the shoulder bursa. You should use the code 23929 (unlisted procedure, shoulder. Hope this helps.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Removal of instrumentation"
You may bill both procedures according to the CCI edits. For the removal you would use the code 22850 (Removal of posterior nonsegmental instrumentat
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