Orthopedic Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Mallet Finger Has an Easy Choice
Published on Tue Apr 24, 2012
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Orthopedic Coding Alert
- Coding Strategies:
Code Arthroscopic Chondroplasty, Loose Body Removal With Confidence
Compartment, incision, size of foreign body are your guides.Coding chondroplasties with primary procedures can be [...] - Policy Scoop:
Here's More on Reporting 29874 With 29881 and 29880
The "American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) still advocates you report code 29874 in addition [...] - Coding Tips:
Test Your +29826 Skills With 3 Common Situations
Look for other open, arthroscopic procedures and confirm with payers.Having a little extra practice applying [...] - ICD-10 Update:
ICD-10 Gets Specific For Diastasis Of Muscle
Cause, not site guide you to the right code.You can expect ICD-10 to bring lots [...] - You Be the Coder:
Report Staged Revisions in Knee
Question: Our patient had a failed arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Staged revision was recommended. In the [...] - Reader Question:
Independently Report the Labral Repair and Ostepohyte Removal in Hip
Question: Our surgeon repaired a hip labrum tear along with femoral neck osteophyte removal to [...] - Reader Question:
Turn To Open Procedure Code For Nonunion Repair of Acromion
Question: Can someone assist me with a code for nonunion repair of acromion?Florida SubscriberAnswer: For [...] - Reader Question:
Bill Together For Microfracture Chondroplasty and Chondroplasty
Question: Our surgeon did a microfracture chondroplasty in the medial compartment and performed a chondroplasty [...] - Reader Question:
Be Specific With 27385 for Quadriceps Reconstruction
Question: Our surgeon is going to perform a Quadriceps tendon reconstruction in the knee area [...] - Reader Question:
Report for Laminectomy and Arthrodesis at Each Spinal Level
Question: Our surgeon did the following procedures: 1. L5 revision laminectomy 2. L2 bilateral hemilaminotomy [...] - Reader Question:
Mallet Finger Has an Easy Choice
Question: What diagnosis code do we report for a mallet finger? How do we report [...] - Reader Question:
Look At Size for Calcaneal Graft
Question: Our surgeon obtained a bone graft from the lateral wall of the calcaneus. Op [...] - Reader Question:
Turn To Unlisted Code for Notchplasty
Question: Our surgeon does the following procedures:1. Lateral & medial meniscectomy2. Intercondylar notch decompression using [...] - Reader Question:
Confirm Malunion for Distal Fibular ORIF
Question: For a patient diagnosed with status post open reduction internal fixation right ankle with [...]
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