Orthocoderpgu
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We have a new provider who does joint replacements and uses robots to help with surgery. Does any insurance pay for code 20985 separately or do they bundle this? Any advice from what you have seen would be helpful. Thanks.
We have a new provider who does joint replacements and uses robots to help with surgery. Does any insurance pay for code 20985 separately or do they bundle this? Any advice from what you have seen would be helpful. Thanks.
I'm a little late to the dance here....lol.....but code 20985 is for computer assisted coding, not robotic assistance. Per the AMA and a Knowledge Base Inquiry I did several years ago, even though you use a computer to control the robot, they see this as robotic assistance and not computer assistance. At that time they had no intention of creating a claim for robotic assistance.
Feel free to email me if you have further questions. I worked as a consultant and one of my clients had robotic assistance.