Hello - I hope someone can assist me. I work for a Colon & Rectal Surgeon who performed surgery on both the left side of the large intestine (44204) and right side of the colon (44205) at the same time. I did bill for both with a 59 modifier attached to the 44205, with the full knowledge that I could not unbundle them. We were rejected based on NCCI requirements. However, my physician is insisting that I can code for both and that he should be reimbursed because they are two different sites that he operated on. Thanks for any advice anyone can give me.
Marylou
Marylou