Search results

  1. T

    Wiki Bill for mesh as implant

    Hello. We work in ASC and I have not seen any information for 2012 regarding billing for the supply itself. Does anyone know if we can bill for the mesh itself. From CPT it appears that we cannot bill for 49568 for an inguinal hernia repair but how about for the mesh? Thank you. Tammy
  2. T

    Wiki Self pay

    Where can I find guidelines for settiing up charges for self pay patients? Thank you. Tammy
  3. T

    Wiki CPT Death Summary same day as brought to hospital

    Hello. I know we use 99238 for a death summary after patient was admitted but can we code for a death summary on the same day patient came to hospital? i.e. Suicide
  4. T

    Wiki Take down of splenic flexure and hole in fascia closed

    Hello. Sorry this is so long but wanted to include what I thought was important. Please help with coding suggestions. I found take down of splenic flexure but only when in adidtion to colectomy, which was not done. It looks like the main procedure was repair of the wound. Is that 13100? I do not...
  5. T

    Wiki Debulking of pseudomyxoma peritonei

    Thank you. Thank you Networker and Guru for help with the debulking issue. I believe it would probably be an unlisted procedure. Again thanks for your help. Have a great day! Tammy
  6. T

    Wiki Abdominal scar revision

    Thank you. Thank you for the help with scar revision! Have a great day. Tammy
  7. T

    Wiki Debulking of pseudomyxoma peritonei

    Hello. I have another stumper. I could not find any code for this procedure. The dictation states "the rest of the abdomen was filled with muci. We scooped as much muci out as we could and debrided some of the abdominal wall infiltration. We could not run the entire bowel given the severity and...
  8. T

    Wiki Abdominal scar revision

    Hello. We have a patient who had exploratory lap, lysis of bowel adhesions, excision of colocutaneous fistula, primary repair of colon, and abdominal scar revision. So far I have found 44180 for lysis of bowel adhesions and 44640 for excision of fistula. I cannot find any code for abdominal...
  9. T

    Wiki 99238 Coding for discharge after procedure

    Thank you! Tammy
  10. T

    Wiki 99238 Coding for discharge after procedure

    Hello. I am new to hospital coding. Can someone please tell me if we can code a discharge 99238/99239 after a patient had surgery? The confusion seems to be is this considered part of subsequent visit during global or is Discharge exempt from global. I have spent quite a bit of time on line...
  11. T

    Wiki code reversal of hartmann's procedure and reversal of loop ileostomy

    Thanks, 44626 code for each? The Hartmann's reversal was done on 5/14/08 and the loop ileostomy reversal was done on 6/30/08. Do I use the same code, 44626 for each procedure? Tammy
  12. T

    Wiki code reversal of hartmann's procedure and reversal of loop ileostomy

    Can someone please tell me how to code for the above? done one month apart. Thank you. Tammy
  13. T

    Wiki Change diagnosis for reimbursement

    Since Medicare only allows 12 visits with the same diagnosis for chiropractic I have been asked to go back to the file cabinet and pull the original diagnosis sheet that was sent with demographics and pick a new set of diagnosis and switch them around for reimbursement. I refused and would like...
  14. T

    Wiki cpt for collection of urine sample

    Hello. Is there a cpt code for collection of urine specimen in the office to send to the lab? Thank you. Tammy
Top