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    Wiki Billing for drugs when the administration code is bundled.

    It's generally understood that even if, due to bundling, we're unable to bill for an administration code we still bill the HCPCS code for the drug administered. For example, when a therapeutic hip joint injection (20610) is performed during the same session in the same anatomic location as hip...
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    Wiki Synvisc Bilateral Injections

    I am in Texas and I have billed a joint injection to medicare as 20610 1 unit but I double the price with a 50 modifer and J7325 32 units with dx: M17.0 on both CPT codes and I keep getting denials stating not medically necessary. I do not understand what I am doing wrong. Provider injected...
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    Wiki Sacrococcygeal injection

    Using fluoro, my doc injected the sacrococcygeal joint with depomedrol/marcaine/contrast and wants to bill 20605. However, this cpt requires RT/LT. Any advice? This is for coccyx pain. TIA!
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    Wiki 77002

    If you are doing 2 procedures for injections, a lumbar epidural steroid injection and a right hip joint injection, (62323 and 20610) can you charge the fluoroscopic guidance (77002) for the hip injection? Since fluoroscopic guidance is included in 62323, would it be appropriate to charge the...
    • elahey
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    • epidural injectin fluroscopic guidance joint injection
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    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki 20610 - I need some expert advice

    I need some expert advice on coding arthrocentesis and joint injection. A Medicare patient presents with an ear problem and knee pain. The physician addresses the ear problem then decides to drain fluid from the knee and inject it with Kenalog. My question is can he bill for the...
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