Jim Pawloski
True Blue
O.K. everybody I need a little help,
An attempted PTCA was performed, but was unsuccessful because of tortuousity. The doctor worked in trying to get the balloon down past the lesion for a couple of hours. So I said to bill the angioplasty with the modifier -52. Coders tell me that they can't add the modifier because the patient status at the time of the procedure was an in-patient.
Has anyone run into this situation?
Thanks,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
An attempted PTCA was performed, but was unsuccessful because of tortuousity. The doctor worked in trying to get the balloon down past the lesion for a couple of hours. So I said to bill the angioplasty with the modifier -52. Coders tell me that they can't add the modifier because the patient status at the time of the procedure was an in-patient.
Has anyone run into this situation?
Thanks,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC