You Be the Coder:
You Can Report 61020 with 96542
Published on Wed Jul 01, 2015
Question: How do we report when the physician performs an aspiration of CSF followed by administration of chemotherapy on a patient through an Ommaya reservoir? Is it correct to report only 61020 or we do also report code 96542? New York Subscriber Answer: For the service described, you submit code 61020 (Ventricular puncture through previous burr hole, fontanelle, suture, or implanted [...]