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161. New Codes Expand Billing for Laceration Repairs
March 16, 2012
CPT 2000 introduced several add-on codes for the repair of lacerations. These codes may be confusing at first, but by using them properly surgeons can legally maximize their reimbursement for wound repairs.
Until Jan. ...
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162. New CPT Code: Let 88361 Solve Your IHC/Morphometry Bundling Dilemma
March 16, 2012
Qualitative or quantitative distinguishes codes
If you've been nervously using modifier -59 (Distinct procedural service) to bill for your lab's immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining with morphometric tumor a...
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163. New Crop of ICD-9 Codes Makes Debut: Muscle Weakness, Difficulty Walking Diagnoses Redefined
March 16, 2012
Orthopedic practices will finally be able to specify muscle weakness diagnoses, thanks to a new ICD-9 code that takes effect Oct. 1. CMS unveiled the new diagnosis codes in the May 19, 2003, Federal Register, revealing several new diagnosis codes that will affect orthopedic practices.
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164. New ICD Codes May Eliminate Billing Confusion
March 16, 2012
Billing for the implantation and/or removal of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices can be difficult. But with the revised procedure codes in CPT 2000, billing them step by step will gain proper reimbursement.
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165. Reader Question: Abdominal Aortogram With Runoff
March 14, 2012
Question: A recent radiology report indicated that the radiologist entered the right common femoral artery and performed an abdominal aortogram with runoff. A left common iliac artery stenosis was discovered, so the radiologist proceeded with PTA and stenting. The radiologist accessed the lef...
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166. Reader Question: 95920 With SSEP
March 14, 2012
Question: When using 95920 with other codes, i.e., 95925 and 95926, and submitting them for interpretation, should modifier -26 be attached to each? Should the charge for the service be placed with the 95920-26 or with 95925 and 95926? Also, can multiples of 95920-26 be charged when several h...
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167. Re-Evaluate 97001-97004 to Revamp Reimbursement
March 14, 2012
Reporting 'incident-to' under a physician's PIN may flag an audit
If you think you know 97001-97004 backward and forward you may be surprised that you should avoid using E/M codes for physical th...
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168. Reader Question: Open Medial Plication
March 14, 2012
"Question: How do I code an open medial plication for dislocation of patella? Also done during the same operative session was a scope with loose body removal, debridement of patella and arthroscopic lateral retinacular release. The operative report reads: Sharp dissection was carried down to ...
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169. Reader Question: Open Excision of Un-united Ossicle
March 14, 2012
Question: How do you code open excision of un-united ossicle in a patient with Osgood-Schlatters disease (732.4, juvenile osteochondrosis of lower extremity, excluding foot). The physician makes an incision over the patellar tendon and down to deep fascia. The patellar tendon sheath is incise...
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170. Reader Question: Multiple ORIF Procedures
March 14, 2012
"Question: I performed a combination of open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) and closed treatment fracture care on a patient who suffered a crush injury. How should I code the following?
ORIF open comminuted fracture distal phalanx left hallux
ORIF dislocated PIPJ ...
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