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Reporting Hearing Aid Supplies With 99070? Read This First

Published on Wed Oct 31, 2012

V codes are your key to more options and better specificity, experts sayJust because your CPT manual doesn't offer any specific codes for hearing aid supplies doesn't mean you can't distinguish a monaural HA from a binaural HA in your coding. For more specificity and a better chance at appropriate reimbursement, pick up your HCPCS manual.Ignoring these supply codes could cost you payment. But many coders don't know that the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) offers an array of specific HA codes that many Medicaid programs and private insurers accept.Audiology experts offer the lowdown on using these 60-plus codes.Boost Specificity With HCPCS CodesWhenever CPT doesn't define a service, you should look to the HCPCS manual for a code. Often, HCPCS contains codes for supplies or offers more specificity than CPT does, says Debbie Abel, Au.D., director of reimbursement and practice compliance, American Academy of Audiology in Reston, VA.Example: An audiologist [...]
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