Avoid SLAP and Bankart Repair Denials:
Don't Substitute Codes
Published on Thu Jun 27, 2013
A photographic record could be your answer to the nagging problem of receiving reimbursement for arthroscopic shoulder stabilization procedures. This is because these procedures have only "unlisted" codes that apply, and the visual evidence may be the only way to get paid. "Arthroscopic surgeons are frustrated with the current codes," says William Levine, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and the director [...]