jfolz
Networker
Has anyone had experience coding CTS done with the Sonex Microknife (including ultrasound guidance)? I code for a hospital outpatient department and have a surgeon that is going to start bringing this procedure to our location. I am familiar with 64721, which is the code we use for the regular open CTS procedure.
In reading what I can find online, I see some sources saying to bill it the same way with 64721 and tack on a 76942 for the ultrasound portion of the procedure and other sources calling it unlisted and saying to send it out as 64999 compared to 64721.
I read and reread the description of 64721 and although it reads as an open approach, I do not have an op-note yet to compare it to. Can anyone help with discussion or how you have coded this procedure or even provide a scrubbed op note if you have one handy describing the procedure in a surgeon's words?
I really think this is probably a percutaneous approach and therefore unlisted but I'd like to have a handle on things before they start rolling in.
Thanks!
In reading what I can find online, I see some sources saying to bill it the same way with 64721 and tack on a 76942 for the ultrasound portion of the procedure and other sources calling it unlisted and saying to send it out as 64999 compared to 64721.
I read and reread the description of 64721 and although it reads as an open approach, I do not have an op-note yet to compare it to. Can anyone help with discussion or how you have coded this procedure or even provide a scrubbed op note if you have one handy describing the procedure in a surgeon's words?
I really think this is probably a percutaneous approach and therefore unlisted but I'd like to have a handle on things before they start rolling in.
Thanks!