Orthopedic Coding Alert
CORRECTION
Orthopedic Coding Alert
- News You Can Use:
Congress Votes to Halt Your Pay Cuts and Delay ICD-10 For At Least Another Year
Physician associations still plan to pursue a permanent SGR formula revision. The entire healthcare community [...] - Modifier 24:
Bust These 5 Modifier 24 Myths For Picture Perfect Claims
Focus on the surgeon’s documentation, not the appointment book. If you want to ensure you [...] - Spine:
Use These 3 Tips to Give Your PLIF Claims Wings
Remember to capitalize on separately reportable bone grafts. When your orthopedist performs posterior lumbar interbody [...] - CORRECTION
In the Orthopedic Coding Alert, March 2014, the article entitled, “Knees: Confront Medication, Diagnoses, and [...] - Reader Question:
This is Why You Should Say 'No' to Repeated Reduction Code
Question: Our orthopedist completed a reduction in the office for a dislocation, placed a splint, and [...] - Reader Question:
CCI 20.1 Adds a Handful of New Arthroplasty, FBR Edits
Question: I saw that the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 20.1 came out. Was there anything [...] - Reader Question:
How to Code This New, Recurrent HNP Scenario
Question: Our physician performed surgery due to recurrent HNP at L5-S1 and a new HNP at [...] - You Be the Coder:
Manage How You Apply Finger Modifiers
Question: How do I code the procedures when our surgeon corrected two trigger fingers during the [...]
