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HCPCS Code for Cast supplies, for unlisted types and materials of casts Q4050

HCPCS code Q4050 for Cast supplies, for unlisted types and materials of casts as maintained by CMS falls under Cast and Splint Supplies .

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Cast supplies, for unlisted types and materials of casts

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Orthotics for Aetna
Different insurance companies require different ways to bill a service, as you know. For Aetna, would we bill L3000 RT, L3000 LT, Q4050 RT, and Q4050 LT, OR L3000 RT, LT 2 units and Q4050 RT, LT 2 un... [ Read More ]
Waterproof Casting
[QUOTE="owtiep, post: 315055, member: 258824"]Has anyone billed for the waterproof casting materials? We've just started offering this option and the materials are significantly more expensive than re... [ Read More ]
Follow up Fracture Billing
Patient had a wrist fracture that was treated on 9-4, initial new patient visit. I do itemized billing vs global fracture care. Charges entered for this visit were 99203-25 29075 Q4050-22 [fiberglass... [ Read More ]
Fracture Wrist Coding
[b]distal radius and ulna fx tx[/b] Why not the billing of the application of the short arm cast also ? I would also bill Q4050 for the Gortex cast liner if it was used. I do itemized billing vs glo... [ Read More ]
waterproof liner
[QUOTE="jjohnson78, post: 185733, member: 145195"]What code should be used for a waterproof liner? any suggestions?[/QUOTE] we use Q4050 , we do have patients either pay cash, or have them sign form ... [ Read More ]
Casting Supplies-Can anyone point
We use code Q4050 (unspecified) with the line item description "waterproof casting supplies". We get paid this way for most Medicaid/commercial carriers (just watch for individual plan modifiers and u... [ Read More ]
Ace bandage
Need help on hcpcs code for ace bandage. I have used a4465 for a medicare patient and medicare has denied this code. Does anyone know what might be the correct code? I was also looking at q4050 but al... [ Read More ]
FX charge and casting
We always bill for the supplies (Q Code) and get paid by all carriers. The cast application is bundled into the fracture code. Please see this article below from The Coding Institue, hope this help... [ Read More ]
Q4050 & L-codes! a4590 casting l3265 l4360 q4050
Hello, Our clinic has been having extreme difficulties getting Q4050 (waterproof) paid for any carrier (mainly medicaid plans). The clinic is in Arizona and so the waterproof is almost always a necess... [ Read More ]
cast supplies
Hello.. Our doctor uses a water proof cast padding (q4050), my question is can I bill the miscellaneous code with the crosswalk cast & splint Q-code for a fracture? Thanks Sherry... [ Read More ]
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