we just bill the S2083 - the program is just starting..so no Medicare patients yet, not center for excellence...I wonder what you would bill for Medicare..they probably wouldn't cover it anyway.. LOL..I guess you could pull up the LCD for the bypass codes... they sometimes link other codes in the LCD that have to do with the bypass. We always 278.01 for the dx plus the V code for bypass status...
we charge $250.. we've actually had BCBS pay about $150. Aetna allows an unlimited amount of adjustments within the global...which is odd...and they pay a little over $200 for each. We really haven't done that many cases..hopefully the volume will pick up soon..but some plans just won't pay and we are making patients pay - they of course seem to have no objection to it given it's an elective procedure anyway.
OH - one last thing.. one of the docs always wanted to bill the 90772 w/ the S2083 - (if they are filling) but I read somewhere that is NOT proper - the S2083 takes care of it completely (whether you are filling or reducing the band) I didn't see this on the post, but just thought i'd throw it out there.
hope that helps....
