Orthopedic Coding Alert
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Choose 726.79 for Retrocalcaneal Exostosis With Bursitis
Published on Thu May 27, 2010
Question: New Jersey Subscriber Answer: Options include 28100 (Excision or curettage of bone cyst or benign tumor, talus or calcaneus), 28118 (Ostectomy, calcaneus), or 28119 (... for spur, with or without plantar fascial release). Check your surgeon's operative notes for documentation on the problem and procedure to help determine the most accurate code.
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Orthopedic Coding Alert
- Shoulders:
Think You Can't Ever Report 29806 With 29807? Think Again
Procedure and documentation could add RVUs to your claim.Your orthopedist completes an arthroscopic Bankart repair [...] - Knees:
Count Correctly to Keep Hyaluronic Acid Injections on Track
Timeframes, types of medications dictate your coding.Physicians administer hyaluronate or hyaluronic acid injections (commonly known [...] - You Be the Coder:
Counting Multi Trigger Finger Repairs
Question: Can we bill the procedure code twice for trigger finger repair on two fingers [...] - Documentation:
Follow These 4 Steps to Unlisted Procedure Success
Remember payer guidelines to choose accurate comparisons.When your orthopedist performs an arthroscopic biceps tenotomy or [...] - Reader questions:
Opt for 716.16/905.4 Combo Over V Code
Question: A patient has early post traumatic arthritis and early degenerative joint disease of the [...] - Reader questions:
Choose 726.79 for Retrocalcaneal Exostosis With Bursitis
Question: What procedure and diagnosis codes should we submit for retrocalcaneal extosis with bursitis?New Jersey [...] - Reader questions:
Verify 20693 or 20999 for Halo Vest Adjustment
Question: The orthopedic surgeon adjusted a misaligned halo vest under anesthesia. He later removed the [...] - Reader questions:
Check 27535, 20692 for Multi Reduction, Fixation
Question: Our orthopedist completed several procedures during the same operative session: open reduction, internal fixation, [...] - Reader questions:
Turn to 97605, 97606 for Postop Wound Vac
Question: Our provider completed a postoperative wound-vac change in the office. Can we bill for [...] - Reader questions:
Count Regions to Determine Debridement Level
Question: The physician's notes state, "Bursal side rotator cuff showed fraying diffusely, was debrided to [...] - Reader questions:
Open/Closed and Acute/Chronic Set Suprascapularis Code
Question: What is the correct code for suprascapularis tendon repair?Minnesota SubscriberAnswer: Report an arthroscopic repair [...] - Reader questions:
719.41 Could Be Peri-Scapular Pain Diagnosis
Question: What is the correct diagnosis code for peri-scapular pain?Wisconsin SubscriberAnswer: The most accurate diagnosis [...] - Reader questions:
27220 or 27899 for Tibial Nonunion Fracture
Question: The physician completed a take-down of a tibial nonunion fracture and placed an allograft. [...] - Reader questions:
No Modifier 26 for Your Own Equipment
Question: The physician used our X-ray equipment in the office to place the needle prior [...] - Reader questions:
Different Problem Doesn't Mean 'New' Patient
Question: One of our surgeons has subspecialty credentials for elbow to finger procedures. If he [...]
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