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Wiki 30130 vs 30930 explain how to differentiate

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If anyone can help I am not an ENT expert coder and I wonder if a doctor schedules Endoscopic Sinus surgery and he books 30130 for reduction of the inferior turbinates but a coder assigns 30930 based on the content of the op note, how would one explain the difference to the Dr? Any assistance is appreciated.
 
30930 is fracturing of the tubinates for therapeutic purposes, while the 30130 is for excision of the turbinate

I would use the coder's desk reference and show him the lay descriptions of each procedure side by side so that he can see the difference
 
You might take a look at 30140 because if the physician is performing a reduction of the turbinates you need to be billing 30140 with modifier 52. See the parenthetical notes below 30140 for this information.
 
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