CPT^® 46285, Under Excision Procedures on the Anus

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 46285 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Anus.

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Summary

In this procedure, the provider performs the second stage of a fistula treatment in the case of a severe fistula, for which it is not feasible to treat in a single session.

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Bundled services??

46285 is incidental to 46288 so they cannot be billed together. Unless these are two separate fistula tracts. Then you can bill a -59 modifier on 46285 as long as your documentation specifies two se... [ Read More ]

Bundled services??

Can cpt 46285 and cpt 46288 be billed together or is it considered a "bundled" service.... [ Read More ]

Code for LIFT Procedure

My GI doc has been performing LIFT procedures, and I have been billing this using CPT code 46275. He is telling me that I should be billing all LIFTs with the codes 46060 and 46285. Can someone plea... [ Read More ]

46285? 15271? Fistula surgery

46285 ? 15271? TIA MB,CCS,CPC Pre-operative diagnosis: Recurrent Fistula in ano, transphincteric Post-operative diagnosis: Recurrent Fistula in ano, transphincteric Operations perf... [ Read More ]

Surgical treatment of anal fistula 46280 & 46285

NCCI edit will direct you to use Modifier -59 in order to bill both codes which would mean you would have to show two separate and distinct lesions/fistula's are being treated when coding for both. T... [ Read More ]

Surgical treatment of anal fistula 46280 & 46285

The physician is doing surgical treatment of an anal fistula with seton placement, second stage. Is everything in CPT 46280 included in the 46285? Or do I need to be billing both 46280 and 46285? Tha... [ Read More ]

cpt 46285 (2nd stage fistulectomy)

Hello, Can cpt code 46285 (Surgical treatment of anal fistula (fistulectomy/fistulotomy); second stage be billed with modifier-58 during post-op period of another procedure (46280)? Thank you.... [ Read More ]

Removal Fistula and Stitch Granuloma

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