Justarose
Guest
I am being told one thing that makes no sense to me ..and yet what I am reading from AAPC still makes no sense 
example : if done bilaterally ??
New codes 64493,64494,64495
I am told not to bill more than three lines ! ever
But that just does not seem right - what if they are bilateral ?
(still told not to bill more than 3 lines )
Yet what I am reading says this " the new codes have a different code for each level billed (1st - 3rd)
The last code *64495* or *64492* is for the 3rd LEVEL and those codes state the code "cannot be billed more than once per day", which in CPT rules means that only a maxium of 3 levels are allowed to be billed."
What is the "once per day rule" applying to ? The last code only ? or all three?
If 4 levels were done Bilaterally is this correct ??
64490RT
64490LT
64491RT
64491LT
64492RT ( only once ? )
Only THREE levels would be billed by doing this ...right ?
OR
64490RT
64491LT
94492RT
Please clarify this for me ... I feel that the second way is just not right ?
Thanks in advance!
example : if done bilaterally ??
New codes 64493,64494,64495
I am told not to bill more than three lines ! ever
But that just does not seem right - what if they are bilateral ?
(still told not to bill more than 3 lines )
Yet what I am reading says this " the new codes have a different code for each level billed (1st - 3rd)
The last code *64495* or *64492* is for the 3rd LEVEL and those codes state the code "cannot be billed more than once per day", which in CPT rules means that only a maxium of 3 levels are allowed to be billed."
What is the "once per day rule" applying to ? The last code only ? or all three?
If 4 levels were done Bilaterally is this correct ??
64490RT
64490LT
64491RT
64491LT
64492RT ( only once ? )
Only THREE levels would be billed by doing this ...right ?
OR
64490RT
64491LT
94492RT
Please clarify this for me ... I feel that the second way is just not right ?
Thanks in advance!
