chrislyn1977
Networker
Hi all,
I have a physician who removed a total knee replacement and inserted antibiotic beads. In the process of removing the tibial component the tiba was fractured. He dictated that "care was taken to protect the tibia and preserve as much bone as possible during the extraction, but these cracks still occured".
He is wanting to bill an ORIF of the tibia. I think this is wrong. If a fracture occured during the surgery and it was our fault that the fracture happened then we shouldn't bill for the repair, but I need something in writting before I bring this to him. I've searched Goggle, Medicare's Website, AAOs, and the Orthopedic Decisions website and I cannot find anything, but I know I've heard this before. I may not be using the correct terms to search.
Am I right? If so, does anyone know where I can get this in writting? Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a physician who removed a total knee replacement and inserted antibiotic beads. In the process of removing the tibial component the tiba was fractured. He dictated that "care was taken to protect the tibia and preserve as much bone as possible during the extraction, but these cracks still occured".
He is wanting to bill an ORIF of the tibia. I think this is wrong. If a fracture occured during the surgery and it was our fault that the fracture happened then we shouldn't bill for the repair, but I need something in writting before I bring this to him. I've searched Goggle, Medicare's Website, AAOs, and the Orthopedic Decisions website and I cannot find anything, but I know I've heard this before. I may not be using the correct terms to search.
Am I right? If so, does anyone know where I can get this in writting? Thanks in advance for any help.