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Coding Arthroscopies That Change Scope
Published on Thu Sep 05, 2019
Question: Our orthopedist began performing a diagnostic arthroscopy of the patient’s right metacarpophalangeal joint. During the arthroscopy, the orthopedist switched from diagnostic to surgical, and also debrided the joint. I was going to report 29900 with modifier 52 or 53, and 29901. What do you think? Alabama Subscriber Answer: This is a one-code claim, unless your orthopedist performed some other [...]