The following documentation was billed and denied when we billed:
99212 & 11721
Should I attach modifier 25 to the E/M code?
Thank you.
76 y.o. female NIDDM with CC painful elongated thickened nails. Nails are painful when she Is walking in her Shoes or sneakers.
PE: + elongated thickened painful dystrophic nails X 10 with subungual debris.
- interdigital maceration, - ulcers, - fissures, - SOI
Skin is dry and scaling plantarly
DP/PT 2/4 B/L CR 1 sec X 10 TG WNL B/L - pedal edema
ASS: Onychomycosis X 10, Xerosis
TX: Debridement of mycotic nails X 10.
Rx Lac Hydrin 12 % Lotion 8 oz bid 3 refills
F/u 3 months
99212 & 11721
Should I attach modifier 25 to the E/M code?
Thank you.
76 y.o. female NIDDM with CC painful elongated thickened nails. Nails are painful when she Is walking in her Shoes or sneakers.
PE: + elongated thickened painful dystrophic nails X 10 with subungual debris.
- interdigital maceration, - ulcers, - fissures, - SOI
Skin is dry and scaling plantarly
DP/PT 2/4 B/L CR 1 sec X 10 TG WNL B/L - pedal edema
ASS: Onychomycosis X 10, Xerosis
TX: Debridement of mycotic nails X 10.
Rx Lac Hydrin 12 % Lotion 8 oz bid 3 refills
F/u 3 months