Orthopedic Coding Alert
Spot the Spur in the Shoulder
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Orthopedic Coding Alert
- Coding Strategies:
Capture The Correct Codes For Open Repair In An Unstable Shoulder
Process and records influence your claimsWhen your orthopedic surgeon treats a chronically unstable shoulder, you'll [...] - ICD-9/ICD-10 Crosswalk
- Modifier Review:
Advice Helps You Append Correct Modifiers For Upper Limb Fractures
Repetition of a procedure or service may not always mean additional payment You will often [...] - Modifier Myths:
Dispel These Common Modifier 22 Myths
Correctly read and document the extra time spent and work doneIn our last issue, we [...] - You Be the Coder:
Tackle the Achilles Tendon With Care
Question: How do you code for the following procedure? "Over the point of tenderness, 2 [...] - Reader Question:
Correctly Report Wound Care
Question: How does one report an irrigation and debridement, wound closure and placement of drain [...] - Reader Question:
Spot the Spur in the Shoulder
Question: How does one report if the surgeon does 'arthroscopic removal of an acromial spur, [...] - Reader Question:
Multiple Injections May Not Mean More Payment
Question: If the surgeon gives 2 injections into the (same) knee in two separate locations, [...] - Reader Question:
Report Decompression at Ankle
Question: How does one report a code when the operative note reads "The thick retinaculum [...] - Correction:
In Orthopedic Coding Alert Vol.14, N.5, page 30, we reported the following: "In addition, 29515 [...]
