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07-05-2012, 12:35 PM
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20610 Athrocentesis HELP!
I am hoping that there are some ortho experts out there that can help me with this. One of my providers performed an arthrocentesis procedure on 3 different areas of the same knee . . . . would I code this as: 20610-RT x 3 OR do I need to list each one separately??
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks ~ Heather David 
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07-05-2012, 02:38 PM
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20610 is per joint not per compartment of the joint if this is the same knee you can only bill it one time with one unit.
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Debra A. Mitchell, MSPH, CPC-H 
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07-05-2012, 03:10 PM
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You can only bill one unit of 20610 per joint. See CPT Assistant March 2001 page 10 for clarification. Hope this helps.
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