Coding Challenge / General

Choosing for Tympanostomy Anesthesia

Question: I’m looking for the anesthesia code for a tympanostomy of the left ear, performed on a 10-month-old child. What’s the correct choice? Answer: The correct code is 00126 (Anesthesia for procedures on external, middle, and inner ear includin...

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July 7, 2011
Coding Challenge

What Items Does 86580 Include?

Question: I would like to know the correct codes for billing a PPD test provided in the office. Should I use 86580 with V74.1 and what should I bill for the PPD administration? Answer: You are using the correct diagnosis code: V74.1 (Special screening ...

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November 16, 2010
CPT / ICD-9 / modifier 22 / modifier 52 / modifier 59 / Modifiers / surgery / Toolkit

8 Simple Steps Organize Your Op Note Coding

This aspect of op note coding is the “horse that pulls the cart.” Stuck on how to tackle this op note or those sitting on your desk? Follow this advice, provided by Melanie Witt, RN, CPC, COBGC, MA, an ob-gyn coding expert based in Guadalupita, N.M. and co-presenter of the “Ob-Gyn Op Notes” session at the [...] Related articles:

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February 11, 2010
CCI / Hot Coding Topics / modifier 59 / mutually exclusive

Ob-Gyn CCI 16.0: Hysterectomy Coding

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:

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January 22, 2010