Wiki LT/RT on J1020 and J1030 - Depo-Medrol

[cvand1972]

Hi there,
We are hearing from one of our offices that they are billing the J1020 and J1030 with the LT and RT modifiers. Does anyone else do this? I'd like to recommend that these modifiers should only be appended to the actual injection procedure (for example, the 20610). I'm curious to know how others are billing this.

Thanks,
Cheryl

 

[CodingKing]

I work for a payer and we deny all drug codes with laterality modifier.

 

[MARY K]

we use modifier lt and rt on depo for certain insurance companies, example is Cigna, Empire and Medicare if only one side is done.

 

[hblakeman]

No

We do not include laterality on drug codes. In my experience, the RT/LT/50 is only necessary on the injection code (20610).