20610 Athrocentesis HELP!

[SassyMsDavid]

I am hoping that there are some ortho experts out there that can help me with this. One of my providers performed an arthrocentesis procedure on 3 different areas of the same knee . . . . would I code this as: 20610-RT x 3 OR do I need to list each one separately??

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks ~ Heather David

 

[mitchellde]

20610 is per joint not per compartment of the joint if this is the same knee you can only bill it one time with one unit.

 

[pandi1024]

You can only bill one unit of 20610 per joint. See CPT Assistant March 2001 page 10 for clarification. Hope this helps.

 

[SassyMsDavid]

Thanks

Thank you both!!