ahodge90
Networker
I have a question because I have some papers from a recent decision health coding conference that I attended back in October. It states that it would be inappropriate to bill 27486 for a revision of a hemi knee arthroplasty so I would need to bill an unlisted for this procedure.
Now I know that my case is not a knee, because I am dealing with a hemi hip here, but would this mean that I have to use an unlisted on my case, because I have a hemi hip that my doc is revising due to a periprosthetic fx. he is only doing the femur component. I cannot find anything in the notes that say what to do if I have a hemi hip that I am dealing with.
So I guess my question is, am I supposed to report 27136 here or is this going to have to be unlisted because this was not a total hip that he was revising, it was a hemi?
Any advice on this would be very much appreciated.
Now I know that my case is not a knee, because I am dealing with a hemi hip here, but would this mean that I have to use an unlisted on my case, because I have a hemi hip that my doc is revising due to a periprosthetic fx. he is only doing the femur component. I cannot find anything in the notes that say what to do if I have a hemi hip that I am dealing with.
So I guess my question is, am I supposed to report 27136 here or is this going to have to be unlisted because this was not a total hip that he was revising, it was a hemi?
Any advice on this would be very much appreciated.