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131. Case Study: Simple Guidelines Help Streamline Your Knee Arthroscopy Coding
March 30, 2012
Not every plica excision and bursectomy will warrant separate codes
If you question yourself every time you code a knee surgery report, take a few minutes to brush up on your knee arthroscopy coding basics and you'll be on your way to cleaner claims.
Take a look at the foll...
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132. Bump Up Reimbursement With Qualifying Circumstances Codes
March 29, 2012
Medicare Won't Pay, but Others Might
If Medicare covers the bulk of your patients, you might not think to add qualifying circumstances (QC) codes to claims when it's appropriate because Medicare doesn't reimburse for them. But leaving QC codes off claims you submit to non-Medicare c...
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133. Bone Up on Extensive CPT Changes to Musculoskeletal System Codes
March 29, 2012
CPT and the AMA may have just made the orthopedic coder's life a little easier. CPT 2002 includes 89 changes to codes in the musculoskeletal system chapter, 31 of which are new codes. Eight of these new codes deal with arthrosco...
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134. Are You Coding Thyroidectomies With Neck Dissections Correctly?
March 29, 2012
We'll tell you which lymph-removal codes to report with 60252
Following a thyroidectomy, otolaryngologists may perform a limited, modified or radical neck dissection, so you should know how to report these procedures accurately to recoup pay for your physician's thyroidectomy and di...
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135. Otolaryngology Answer Five Crucial Questions for Tympanic Repair To Determine Code Selection
March 28, 2012
Several factors make the selection of a tympanic repair code difficult. Probably the most important is that there are many tympanic repair procedures, from the relatively simple paper patch"" repair to radical tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy with ossicular chain reconstruction.
Tympanic pe...
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136. 4 Tips Get You Paid for Adhesiolysis
March 28, 2012
Ob-gyn coders often include lysis of adhesions in the primary surgery, but you can get paid separately for the procedure if the adhesions are extensive.
Pelvic adhesions are bands of fibrous scar tissue that can form in the abdomen and pelvis after surgery or due to infection. Because adhes...
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137. Radiology 3 Tips to Improve Selective Vascular Cath Coding
March 28, 2012
Don't risk losing up to $315 that Medicare allots for PV studies
You know you can't report nonselective catheter placement with selective placement from the same access site but which codes should you report if the physician inserts the catheter selectively in multiple vessels from t...
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138. 3 Questions You Must Ask When Coding Decubitus Ulcers
March 28, 2012
Poor documentation could cost you $150 per debridement
You won't always use an excision code when reporting decubitus ulcer removals. Rather you should know the location and depth of the wound as well as whether the surgeon closed the wound. To make it easy on yourself ask these thre...
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139. General Surgery 10 Tips to Ease Unna Boot Billing
March 27, 2012
Although the coding itself is straightforward there is only one Unna boot code this does not necessarily mean that reporting this service will be problem-free. An Unna boot is a medicated dressing that surgeons use to treat varicose leg ulcers, which may occur due to increased venous pressure from v...
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140. Breast Procedure FAQ: Solutions for Common Coding Dilemmas
March 27, 2012
Although breast procedures are common, they still present coding challenges. These procedures can vary widely (from punch biopsy to complete mastectomy), as can the methods and technology used to diagnose and treat breast tumors, masses or other lesions. Coding can be simplified, however, by answeri...
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