Wiki Thumb Spica cast?

[mksmith713]

Another cast coding question.

Thumb Spica cast.
Aagin, the work effort is greater and it requires more material than a SAC so I don't want to code a short arm cast.
I saw an old superbill that had the materials coded as a SAC (Q-4010) plus L3907.
That somehow doesn't seem right either as the L code is a DME code.
There's also no CPT code for thumb spica cast.

Any suggestions on this one too?

 

[mbort]

we use 29085 for our thumb spica casts

 

[mksmith713]

What Q code do you use for supplies?

 

[mbort]

see Q4013 thru Q4016

 

[mksmith713]

Are you coding Ulna Gutter and Thumb Spica splints with regular Short Arm splint codes?

 

[mksmith713]

Any chance of coding 29125 AND 29130 ?

My guess is NO but it never hurts to inquire....