Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to which to bill?
I have a patient that has a fractured femoral neck. My doctor did a total hip replacement which includes the femoral component and the acetabular component.
I was reading the description of the codes and the differences I am seeing are, assuming there is a prosthesis being used for the fracture...27236 only replaces the femoral component. 27130 replaces both the acetabular and the femoral component.
My question now is that since this is a fracture, 27236's acceptable diagnosis list is fractures. 27130's acceptable diagnosis list is more along the DJD line of problems. Which would you use?
I have a patient that has a fractured femoral neck. My doctor did a total hip replacement which includes the femoral component and the acetabular component.
I was reading the description of the codes and the differences I am seeing are, assuming there is a prosthesis being used for the fracture...27236 only replaces the femoral component. 27130 replaces both the acetabular and the femoral component.
My question now is that since this is a fracture, 27236's acceptable diagnosis list is fractures. 27130's acceptable diagnosis list is more along the DJD line of problems. Which would you use?