Wiki Shoulder Spica

[grahamp]

Would anyone be willing to tell me what HCPCS codes they typically bill for a shoulder spica cast? It does not appear as though there is a HCPCS code specific to a shoulder spica.
Do you use a shoulder code, a body code, a combination of the two or something else?

 

[graceroni13]

What about Q4003/Q4004??? I've never used this before so I don't know if I'm right or wrong :/

 

[grahamp]

Thank you graceroni13. We did see those codes but, weren't convinced they were correct given they do not specifically reference "spica" (as the hip code does). Given a spica would require additional supplies (and work) we thought we should be looking for a different code or combination of codes to correctly report. Ultimately, I think we've learned that these are rarely applied.