Orthopedic Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Tack This Modifier On to Weekly Castings
Published on Fri Jan 09, 2015
Question: Which modifier should we report when we recast an infant each week to treat his bilateral clubfeet?
Texas Subscriber
Answer: For weekly castings, you should report 29450 (Application of clubfoot cast with molding or manipulation, long or short leg) with modifier 50 (Bilateral procedure) appended.
You don’t need to append another modifier to 29450 because insurers don’t assign global surgical periods to casting codes.
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