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Melissa Harris CPC

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I need help coding this procedure. I know it is 20600 but it is 4 areas that are injected. Is it 4 units or just 1 unit?

The patient is brought to the procedure room and is seated on one of the chairs. His right hand is placed on the procedure room table, and it is prepped with Betadine in sterile fashion. Under fluoroscopy, right hand interphalangeal joints are located. Using 1mL of 300mg/mL of Omnipaque is injected at each joint on the first, second, third and fourth digits. After arthoscopy is verified by AP, an injection is performed on the first, second, third and fourth digit in the interphalangeal joints using 2 mL of a mixture of 1 mL of 40 mg/ml Kenalog, 1 mL of 25% Marcaine and 1 mL of 1% Lidocaine divided between all four joints.

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Melissa Harris, CPC
 
It would be 4 units with modifiers for each finger :)
20600-F6
20600-F7
20600-F8
20600-F9

OR F5, F6, F7, F8 is he calling the first digit the index finger or the thumb?

Hope this helps :)
 
Did the provider inject only the PIP or only the DIP of each digit or did he inject the PIP and the DIP of each digit. He states "injected at each joint of the first, second, third, and fourth digits". Since the DIP and PIP are separate joints it is possible that you have a total of eight injections. The providers I have worked with always document specifically which IP joint is injected.
 
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