SuperCoder on "Laceration"
Tenolysis of the thumb-26440(tenolysis, flexor tendon; palm OR finger, each tendon) Tenolysis of the wrist-25295(tenolysis, flexor or extensor tendon
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Blood draw reading question"
Yes, you may charge the appropriate lab code for your provider's interpretation of the lab result by appending modifier 26, Professional component. Fo
View ArticleUser id : 34461 on "rules for 64483 with 77003"
We bill 64483 along with the guidance 77003 and have seen many denials. What is the appropriate modifier to use when billing?
View ArticleSuperCoder on "rules for 64483 with 77003"
64483 (Injection(s), anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance (fluoroscopy or CT); lumbar or sacral, single lev
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Reinsertion vs removal/new instrumentation"
If your surgeon performed a more definite procedure at the same level of the exploration, you should only code for that procedure instead of the explo
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Contracture Release"
The finger was approached through a transverse incision at the PIP crease level with two mid-laterals. Care was taken to identify the neurovascular b
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Subungual nonhealing formation"
There was some black eschar type formation and some hypertrophic type tissue along the dorsal ulnar aspect. This was right at the proximal level of t
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Peroneal longus tendon tear"
How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Left peroneal longus tendon tear with varus hindfoot. PROCEDURE: 1.Exploration of peroneal tendons and t
View ArticleUser id : 15080 on "Blood draw reading question"
Ok, just so I am on the same page (sorry, I typically never coded lab/pathology so I'm a little new at this!) I would code the 36415 for collection an
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Pilon Fracture"
How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Left ankle pilon fracture with retained fixator and painful hardware, left knee. PROCEDURE: 1.Open reduc
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Pilon Fracture"
Please see codes 27826,27827 and 27828 to bill for the pilon open reduction internal fixation of the left pilon fracture. You question does not give
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Peroneal longus tendon tear"
This question is currently being researched. Thank you for your patience.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "cannula stuck in vertebra"
There is no code for the removal of the cannula therefore you will need to use 22899(Unlisted procedure, spine) for the surgeon who removed the cannul
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Contracture Release"
Thanks for sending detailed information. Since A3 pulley is excised, you need to report CPT 26180 for it. You should also report 26235 for exostosis
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Subungual nonhealing formation"
Thank you for providing more details. We would need entire op report to review and suggest correct codes in this case. The location of excision at tw
View ArticleUser id : 74622 on "Consultations, same practice, same specialty"
Can consultation be billed when the service is requested by a physician within the same group of the same specialty?
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