User id : 17042 on "Closed followed by Open Fx. Treatment on same date."
Thank you so much for the quick response.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Distraction Arthrodesis"
Hi, Thank you for the query. Posttraumatic right subtalar DJD- 715.27. Distraction arthrodesis with tricortical block, right-28725-RT. Harvest of prox
View ArticleUser id : 66617 on "Bundling of Certain Codes"
Hello, We billed the following codes together for a surgery: 29823 29825 23440 20610 The 29825 paid, but 29823 was denied for being bundled with 29825
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Bundling of Certain Codes"
Hi Kelley, Thank you for the query. CPT 20610 is included always as it is usually administered for the post operative pain management which is the par
View ArticleUser id : 85417 on "subspecialties and on-call services"
As stated in the initial question, the on-call orthopedist REDUCED and splinted the fx and planned for the trauma orthopedist to operate the following
View ArticleUser id : 23481 on "tenosynovectomy foot extensor tendon w/complex closure...
Please advise appropriate diagnosis & procedure codes for the following situation: patient presents with a refractory wound of foot after recently
View ArticleSuperCoder on "subspecialties and on-call services"
Hi Krisan, Thank you for the query. I don’t think that it is allowed. As ORIF is the restorative treatment planned earlier, it is the trauma orthopa
View ArticleUser id : 23481 on "Left index finger nerve laceration"
Please review the following note & advise if codes 26502-59, 64831, 26350 & 26180-59 would all be appropriate to report: Pt sustained a lacera
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Left index finger nerve laceration"
Hi, AAE does not provide coding for operative reports and chart notes. SuperCoder offers SuperCoding on Demand (SOD) (http://www.supercoder.com/codin
View ArticleUser id : 28183 on "ANKLE CAPSULE REPAIR"
Patient had multiple traumatic lower leg & foot injury from a boat propeller. There was an open ankle capsule w/o tendon injury at this site. I
View ArticleSuperCoder on "tenosynovectomy foot extensor tendon w/complex closure (4x2 cm)"
Hi Foss, Thank you for the query. AAE does not provide coding for operative reports and chart notes. SuperCoder offers SuperCoding on Demand (SOD) (h
View ArticleUser id : 85605 on "CPT codes 22633 & 63047"
The doctor performs a postero/lateral fusion at lumbar level L3-L5. In addition, he also performs a laminectomy for at L4 for central spinal decompre
View ArticleSuperCoder on "CPT codes 22633 & 63047"
Hi Range, List the codes separately in addition to code for primary procedure with the help of modifiers. CMS faces multiple issues when dealing with
View ArticleSuperCoder on "ANKLE CAPSULE REPAIR"
Hi Charlene, As the above provided procedure documentation is not sufficient to provide accurate CPT code so please provide the procedure performed in
View ArticleUser id : 85605 on "CPT codes 22633 & 63047"
Thank you for your response. Since it was the same encounter, will a laminectomy for central decompression at the same level as a postero/lateral fus
View ArticleUser id : 28183 on "ANKLE CAPSULE REPAIR"
Open arthrotomy of cuboid bone is repaired 2-0 Ethibond sutures. My mistake, the four peroneal tendons were also repaired (28208 x 4) within the same
View ArticleSuperCoder on "CPT codes 22633 & 63047"
Hi Range, Since, different procedure done on the same site by the same provider, that can be billed by appending the appropriate modifier according to
View ArticleSuperCoder on "ANKLE CAPSULE REPAIR"
Hi Charlene, I am assuming that there is a fracture on cuboid bone and provider done open reduction and internal fixation of the cuboid bone with 2-0
View ArticleUser id : 85605 on "CPT codes 22633 & 63047"
I hate to beat a dead horse into the ground, but after my last post and before your response, I received an article in my email from Karen Zupko that
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