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Adjustment to Tracheotomy

Published on Fri Dec 01, 2000

Question: What code do I use for therapeutic adjustment to tracheotomy size (a tube change)?

Rhode Island Subscriber

Answer: Tube changes performed after the establishment of a fistula tract are billed with the appropriate E/M service. This would include changing blocked tubes or exchanging existing tubes for a different, more effective size.

Susan Callaway-Stradley, CPC, CCS-P, an independent coding consultant and educator in North Augusta, S.C.
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