dballard2004
True Blue
The NP removed the cerumen with a curette after irrigation from one ear, but it was not removed from the other ear. The provider removed the additional charge for the CPT 69210 because it was only removed from one ear and unsuccessful in the other ear. This patient also had an e/m code for another diagnosis. My questions are:
I realize that the E/M would be coded with -25, and we should have coded 69210 for the cerumen removal for the one ear, but if was unsuccessful from the other ear, how do we capture that?
If the patient returned in 3 days and had the cerumen successfully removed via irrigation and curette, could we bill for the cpt code of 69210 again?
I realize that the E/M would be coded with -25, and we should have coded 69210 for the cerumen removal for the one ear, but if was unsuccessful from the other ear, how do we capture that?
If the patient returned in 3 days and had the cerumen successfully removed via irrigation and curette, could we bill for the cpt code of 69210 again?