• 1 New G Code Allows Chondroplasty Payment with Meniscectomy

• 2 Rule of Thumb: 25447 Includes Trapezium Excision

• 3 Split Codes When Billing WorkersComp with Medicare

• 4 2003 Fee Schedule Update: Arthroscopic Lateral Release Pays More Than Open

• 5 New CCI Edition Bundles 64416 into Most Orthopedic Codes

• 6 Reader Question: Use Unlisted-Procedure Code for Thermal Shrinkage

• 7 Reader Question: Laminectomy Includes Dural Leak Repair

• 8 Reader Question: Use In-Office Physicians ID for Incident-To

• 9 Reader Question: Assign 13100 Series to Complex Repairs

• 10 Reader Question: Report 25420 for Nonunion Repair

• 11 Reader Question: Report 99271 Series for Second Opinions

• 12 Reader Question: Use 20605 for Medial Epicondyle Injection

• 13 Reader Question: Append -26 for Fluoroscopy with 20600

• 14 You Be the Coder: Use V67.09 for Annual Visit