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Find out if bunionectomies and sesamoidectomies can be coded together. Within your podiatry practice, you no doubt come across patients dealing with the discomfort and prevalence of bunions. Numerous CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are available for documenting bunions and their [...]

Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient reports to the surgeon with a bunion on their right great toe. The provider removes bone from the bunion, and also removes the sesamoid bones under the great toe. Can I code the sesamoidectomy [...]

Choose different codes for atherosclerosis of bypass grafts vs. native arteries. If you find peripheral artery disease (PAD) and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) coding confusing, you’re not alone. Read on for some helpful insight on how best to maneuver this [...]

Tip: Calcaneal spurs and heel spurs are one and the same. If your podiatrist performs surgery to treat heel spurs, you must check the medical documentation for numerous details, including whether your podiatrist removed part of the calcaneus during the [...]

Understanding when to use surgery codes will increase your practice’s payout. Performing incision and drainage (I&D) procedures is a fundamental aspect of a podiatrist’s role. However, the frequent execution of these procedures does not necessarily guarantee their accurate reporting. Here [...]

Are you as brainy about bunions as you think? Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below. Answer 1: The primary difference between a bunion and a bunionette is location. A [...]

Question: What’s the difference between G0141 and 88141, and when should we use one code over the other? Texas Subscriber Answer: Both codes describe physician interpretation of an abnormal Pap smear: G0141 (Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system, [...]

An estimated 1.5 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year. Before Oct. 1, 2021, you were limited to using traumatic brain injury (TBI) codes to report brain compression conditions. Now, with newly added traumatic brain compression codes and [...]

Check out the surgical options your provider might employ. When your provider treats a patient with heel spurs, the devil’s in the details. How? You need to know if your provider removed part of the calcaneus during the surgery. Additionally, [...]

Remember: Heel spurs are also known as calcaneal spurs. If your podiatrist performs surgery to treat heel spurs, you must check the medical documentation for numerous details including if your podiatrist removed part of the calcaneus during the surgery. Additionally, [...]