CPT^® 38230, Under Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Services/Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 38230 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Services/Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider inserts a long needle or trocar in the sternum or pelvic bone to take a sufficient amount of bone marrow tissue from the body of a donor for transplantation.

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Modifiers

I recently billed to BC/BS of NJ cpt code 38230-59LT and 38241-59LT. They were both denied stating procedure code is inconsistent with modifier used or a required modifier is missing. Can someone he... [ Read More ]

How to code/bill BMA Injections

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Bone Marrow

Does anyone have experience with CPT code 38230 or 38232 ? Are you ever able to get authorization and submit to insurance ? Any help is appreciated. Missy... [ Read More ]

Orthopaedic Stem Cell Injections

[b]Stem cell[/b] You may use the following codes for stem cell therapy. 38206 Blood-derived hematopoietic progenitor cell harvesting for transplantation per collection, autologous 38220 Bone marrow... [ Read More ]

CPT for bone marrow aspiration and injection for meniscus repair ??

As stated in the CPT Assistant [QUOTE]In addition, none of the codes specific to aspiration or harvesting of bone marrow (eg, 38220, 38230, etc.) would be appropriate to report when the procedure is ... [ Read More ]

CPT for bone marrow aspiration and injection for meniscus repair ??

Direction underneath 0232T states (Do not report 38220-38230 for bone marrow aspiration for platelet rich stem cell injection. For bone marrow aspiration for platelet rich stem cell injection, use 023... [ Read More ]

SmartPrep BMAC

First time writer, long time reader. Our physician started using the SmartPrep BMAC with his hip core decompressions. He takes out the bone marrow uses centrifuge and then places back into the hip. ... [ Read More ]

bone marrow aspiration for bone grafting

[b]Bone Aspiration[/b] 38230 is for harvesting for bone marrow transplantation by the donor (allogenic) meaning another patient. Source for 38220: [url]http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/dec12/manag... [ Read More ]

bone marrow aspiration for bone grafting

Which code would you use for bone marrow aspiration for the purpose of bone grafting 38220 or 38230?... [ Read More ]

bone marrow aspirate for arthroscopic surgery

One of our surgeons has been performing a fairly new procedure to us, in which he aspirates bone marrow from the patient, (he actually calls it "bone marrow harvesting from the tibia"), then mixes the... [ Read More ]

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