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Wiki Documentation support an arthroscopic Labral repair?

Help please as shoulders can still confuse me...... Do you feel this documentation support billing a 29806 for an arthroscopic Labral repair? "The labrum was not intact anteriorly.......I freed up the anterior labrum. The inferior root was intact. I placed 2 Biomet juggernot anchors along the...
- klbecker
- Thread
- Feb 22, 2016
- anterior documentation intact labrum repair
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki should i bill cardioversion-92960

CLINICAL INDICATIONS This is a 70 years old noninsulin dependent diabetic, hypertensive, hyperlipidemic white male, nonsmoker with a history of chronic left bundle branch block and a Lexus scan thallium stress test suggestive of...
- bhargavi
- Thread
- Feb 15, 2016
- anterior attempted cardioversion electrical unsuccessful
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Cardiology
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Wiki Low anterior resection, end closure & colostomy. (no anastamosis)

I have an open procedure to code. A total mesorectal excision (low anterior resection) was done for rectal cancer, this included part of the sigmoid colon. The colon was brought out thru the stoma hole & the colostomy appliance applied. I need help with coding this procedure. The closest code I...
- Karen A.
- Thread
- Feb 2, 2016
- anastomosis anterior code low procedure
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Gastroenterology
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Wiki Anterior lumbar Discectomy WITH decompression

Provider is doing a lumbar artificial disc replacement. He indicates that he did a complete discectomy with decompression and wants to use unlisted code 22899 because code 22857 indicates discectomy (other then for decompression). as well as codes 22558,22845,22851 . The report indicates: The...
- MMillercpc
- Thread
- Oct 19, 2010
- anterior decompression discectomy lumbar
- Replies: 0
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki Diskectomy of two levels, one with arthroplasty, one without.

Please help! Not my forte, and I am auditing this bill for a third party. :( Procedures were done on two cervical levels: C4/5 and C6/7 via anterior approach AND using fluoro On C6/7 a total anterior diskectomy was performed with decompression and an artificial disk placement with Prodisc-C...
- icoutin
- Thread
- Oct 16, 2010
- anterior decompression disk diskectomy herniation
- Replies: 0
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki 20610 anterior and posterior

Our doc is injecting 1 shoulder (or major joint) but indicating on the superbill that there were multiple anterior & posterior sticks. Thus, he wants to bill 20610 twice (for the anterior and posterior). Has anyone seen this? JC
- cunnjp
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- Aug 18, 2010
- 20610 anterior posterior
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Orthopaedics

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Wiki Documentation support an arthroscopic Labral repair?

Wiki should i bill cardioversion-92960

Wiki Low anterior resection, end closure & colostomy. (no anastamosis)

Wiki Anterior lumbar Discectomy WITH decompression

Wiki Diskectomy of two levels, one with arthroplasty, one without.

Wiki 20610 anterior and posterior