Wiki Using the same primary code multiple times on the same claim for the same op note

[kberly25]

My physician performed an extensive Thoracic fusion surgery that encompassed most of the thoracic and lumbar spines.
I billed the primary code with the add on code for each additional segment.

I was told I billed this incorrectly and that after every 4 segments you can bill the primary code again.
Example: 22610 (T5-6) 22614 x 4 (T7-10) 22610 (T11) 22614 (T12) etc, etc.

I have been a coder for over 10 years and I have never heard of this. Can someone tell me if this is correct or not or if they have every heard of this please?

 

[CodingKing]

I haven't heard of it and the code has an MUE of 1 so it cannot be billed more than once on the DOS