A major insurer will now pay for turbinate fracture in addition to septoplasty. Thanks to advocacy from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgeons (AAO-HNS), Aetna has overturned its coverage position on 30520 and 30930 billed on t...
A major insurer will now pay for turbinate fracture in addition to septoplasty. Thanks to advocacy from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgeons (AAO-HNS), Aetna has overturned its coverage position on 30520 and 30930 bille...
Here’s where you can bypass the edits with modifier 59. The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 16.0 didn’t overlook the hysterectomy, vaginal graft, and colpopexy codes — nor should you. To make sense of the deletions, break these additions into mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive. Note: In all these cases — except those involving the anesthetic injection [...] Related articles: