mmunoz21
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I'm not an expert in Ortho, so my question is this: A Dr. bills for 29870 Knee arthroscopy (separate procedure), along with 27446 Knee Arthroplasty., or 29870 along with 27487 Revisio of knee arthropalsty, of course modifier 59 is on both codes...
Why bill for the Diagnostic Arthroscopy if you are aleady going in the knee for the major procedure?? Is the same knee, not LT or RT.... I'm trying to locate any info on this.. The NCCI edits have 27446 column 1 and 29870 column 2 with status indicator 1 (modifier allowed)...
Why bill for the Diagnostic Arthroscopy if you are aleady going in the knee for the major procedure?? Is the same knee, not LT or RT.... I'm trying to locate any info on this.. The NCCI edits have 27446 column 1 and 29870 column 2 with status indicator 1 (modifier allowed)...