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Orthopedic Coding Alert
2003 Newsletter
Get to Know Your Families
Orthopedic Coding Alert
Get to Know Your Families
Published on Fri Aug 01, 2003
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Orthopedic Coding Alert
New NCCI Edits Make Their Debut:
Know When You Can Collect for Casting
It's official: You should report either casting or fracture care, but you usually can't bill [...]
Multiple-Endoscopy Rules Apply to Arthroscopy
Do you know how to handle coding for more than one arthroscopic service performed at [...]
Get to Know Your Families
Take 3 Steps to Fewer Modifier -25 Denials
If you can demonstrate that your E/M encounter and your other procedures are separately identifiable, [...]
News Brief:
Carriers Wont Request Planned Refunds
Due to the late implementation of the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare carriers overpaid [...]
You Be the Coder:
Report Joint Injection Once or Twice?
Question: If I remove fluid from a patients knee joint and then inject Depomedrol into [...]
Reader Question:
Report Symptom Codes in Absence of Dx
Question: When we see a patient for a new pain-related problem, I usually report the [...]
Reader Question:
Report Hip Arthrograms Bilaterally
Question: Our orthopedist performed bilateral hip arthrograms under anesthesia. Should I report 27095 and 73525 [...]
Reader Question:
Update Your TPI Coding
Question: Our orthopedist performed four trigger point injections in different muscle groups. Our carrier's Web [...]
Reader Question:
OK to Bill NPs Debridement Incident-To
Question: Our orthopedic surgeon and nurse practitioner (NP) worked together in our office to perform [...]
Reader Question:
Append -51 if NCCI Doesnt Bundle
Question: Our orthopedist performed a carpal tunnel release (64721) followed by a trigger finger release [...]
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