SuperCoder on "29879/29880"
AAE does not provide coding for operative reports and chart notes. SuperCoder offers SuperCoding on Demand (SOD) (http://www.supercoder.com/coding-an
View ArticleSuperCoder on "29879/29880"
AAE does not provide coding for operative reports and chart notes. SuperCoder offers SuperCoding on Demand (SOD) (http://www.supercoder.com/coding-an
View ArticleUser id : 28183 on "Diagnosis code for hip revision following eradication of...
Hip became infected following total arthroplasty. The hardware was removed, antibiotic beads and spacer placed. At this time the spacer is removed
View ArticleSuperCoder on "RCR vs. Capsulorrhaphy"
CCI edits states that CMS considers the shoulder joint to be a single anatomic structure. An NCCI procedure to procedure edit code pair consisting of
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Diagnosis code for hip revision following eradication of...
Use ICD9-CM 996.66 for infection due to internal joint (Hip joint) prosthesis and V43.64 for hip joint (prosthesis) replacement. As osteoarthrosis is
View ArticleUser id : 18140 on "Spinal cord stimulator battery"
The surgeon replaced the spinal cord stimulator battery CPT 63685. What would be the HCPCS code for the battery?
View ArticleUser id : 28183 on "Diagnosis code for hip revision following eradication of...
The infection is no longer present. So does 996.66 infer the patient's hip is currently infected?
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Spinal cord stimulator battery"
Use any of these HCPCS code L8689 or L8688 or L8686 accordingly.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Diagnosis code for hip revision following eradication of...
Not exactly, diagnosis code 996.66 has to be append when infection persist at the time of procedure performed. It does not mean that infection current
View ArticleUser id : 14326 on "Is CPT code 63057correct code please see attached op note"
Using multiple radiographic views, guide wires were inserted paraspinally, transforaminally into the disc spaces at L4-L5. These were confirmed on mu
View ArticleUser id : 26226 on "Reimbursment for modifier 78"
I billed BC 29819.78 & 29821, they denied 29819.78 as bundled. It is not bundled with 29821, however it is bundled with the original surgery 2982
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Is CPT code 63057correct code please see attached op note"
AAE does not provide coding for operative reports and chart notes. SuperCoder offers SuperCoding on Demand (SOD) (http://www.supercoder.com/coding-an
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Reimbursment for modifier 78"
As per the coding guidelines, these codes can be billed together and should not get bundled. Since this was an unplanned return in the post operative
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Peroneal brevis tear"
How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Right peroneal brevis tear with peroneal tendon ganglion. PROCEDURE: 1.Exploration of the peroneal tendons
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "PIP contracture"
How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Right ring finger PIP flexion contracture. PROCEDURE: 1.Right ring PIP contracture release. 2.Tenotomy of
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Finger"
How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Squamous cell carcinoma, dorsum, left ring finger. PROCEDURE: Marginal excision, left ring finger dorsal
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Finger"
CPT code- 11620-11626 with F3 modifier and ICD code 173.62 use the appropriate code as per the procedure and documentation
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Peroneal brevis tear"
27658-RT, 28086-RT, 27630-RT-59 (Bill this code with -59 modifier, if the ganglion was resected from the tendon other than Peroneal brevis tendon). If
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