Posts Tagged ‘AAOS’
Monday, April 5th, 2010
The American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) guidelines state that you can append modifier 50 Bilateral procedure to surgical procedure codes (27215-27218) for pelvis injuries. Bill Medicare for a procedure from this code range with modifier 50 appended, however, and your claim will likely be denied.
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Tags: 27215, 27218, AAOS, AMA, CMS, CPT, HCPCS, LeGrand, modifier 50, MPFS, pelvis, remittance, surgery
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
AAPC member Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CPC, CCS-P, provides orthopaedic specialists advice on injection coding in AAOS — the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ online newsletter.
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Tags: AAOS, aspirations, coding advice, injection coding, orthopaedic coding, orthopaedic injections
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Reimbursement for orthopedic surgeries under the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) payment system may be on the rise, but improper coding based on inadequate documentation can still leave your practice shouldering the burden. An article in the March issue of Outpatient Surgery Magazine offers guidance for accurately coding shoulder scopes.
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Tags: 29822, AAOS, AMA, Arthroscopy, Capsulorrahaphy, CPT, Cuff, Debridement, Labrum, Outpatient Surgery, Reconstruction, Repair, Shoulder, Tendon
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Like most, you’re probably still trying to make heads or tails of all the 2009 CPT® changes. If specialty guidance in orthopaedics is what you seek, Mary LeGrand, RN, CPC, MA-CCS-P, offers it in an article she wrote recently for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
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Tags: 20690, 20697, 27215, 27218, AAOS, CPT, Fracture, G, LeGrand, Morton's, Ortho, Orthopaedics, Orthopedics
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