Readers Questions:
Aware of Bundles Before Coding Bunionectomy and Mallet Toe Correction
Published on Tue Apr 14, 2015
Question: A patient came into the office with a “rigid mallet toe” in right foot second toe. During the examination, the physician also noticed a bunion on the first toe. The podiatrist performed the corrections with arthroplasty for the mallet toe and bunionectomy in one sitting. How should I code this encounter? Can I separately code these two procedures or are [...]