Wiki 31645 bilateral

[MFaulkner]

ok my office does bronchs and i have always billed this code with 2 units with the correct modifers if it was done bilateral however mcd is telling me that I cannot bill more than one unit per day. I am so confused this is the way I have always billed it and do not understand if he does twice the procedure this should be correct. please help

 

[tmrang]

According to the Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE), 31645 can only be billed once per day

Hope this helps,
Tonya