I am having a disagreement with my biller so rather than assume I'm right I will post this question....
Unless things have changed very recently that I'm not aware of scope procedures done in separate compartments than the primary procedure are separately reimburseable even by Medicare. Is this still true? My biller is convinced that because CCI shows a 0 under the modifier allowed column we cannot be reimbursed separately.
The scenario is this: medial meniscectomy and chondroplasties in both the lateral and patellofemoral compartments. I coded 29881, 29877-59, 29877-59.
Any thoughts or resources would be appreciated. Thank you!
Unless things have changed very recently that I'm not aware of scope procedures done in separate compartments than the primary procedure are separately reimburseable even by Medicare. Is this still true? My biller is convinced that because CCI shows a 0 under the modifier allowed column we cannot be reimbursed separately.
The scenario is this: medial meniscectomy and chondroplasties in both the lateral and patellofemoral compartments. I coded 29881, 29877-59, 29877-59.
Any thoughts or resources would be appreciated. Thank you!