SuperCoder on "Can we bill IRC alone"
46930 denotes destruction of internal hemorrhoids by thermal energy. The scope of this service does not require any scopic procedure to be performed.
View ArticleUser id : 24852 on "DGHAL"
One of our payers requires us to submit with 46945 when we perform this procedure. Is this appropriate coding?
View ArticleUser id : 18070 on "HEMORRHOIDECTOMY"
'46945' RECEIVING DENIALS FOR THIS PROCEDURE WHEN PREFORMED IN AN ASC FROM BLUESHEILD FEDERAL.
View ArticleUser id : 71418 on "stool transplant for medicare"
To make it clear, who uses the codes of G0455 or 44705...the physician or the facility (ASC)? I am on the ASC side.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "HEMORRHOIDECTOMY"
'46945' should be paid for. Ambulatory Surgery Center fees for this procedure is about $372.99. You have to call them up and demand that they put in w
View ArticleSuperCoder on "DGHAL"
According to the CPT manual in the Category III Codes section: (Do not report 0249T in conjunction with ...46945...)
View ArticleUser id : 24852 on "DGHAL"
The carrier is requiring us to submit 46945 in place of 0249T. Would that be appropriate for all carriers that do not allow the Cat III codes? But h
View ArticleUser id : 35413 on "Use same code twice"
Can I use this code twice if one stent was removed from the biliary tree and one stent was removed from the pancreatic duct??? If so would I use the m
View ArticleSuperCoder on "DGHAL"
If the carrier requires you to submit CPT code '46945' in place of 0249T for payment, do it. Then you have to call and ask each carrier you contract w
View ArticleSuperCoder on "stool transplant for medicare"
These codes are not an ASC approved procedure. http://www.beckersasc.com/gastroenterology-and-endoscopy/dr-joseph-brasco-5-points-on-fecal-microbiota-
View ArticleUser id : 35413 on "CODE 43269"
Can I use this code twice if one stent was removed from the biliary tree and one stent was removed from the pancreaetic duct????
View ArticleSuperCoder on "CODE 43269"
Code 43269 would be reported twice if multiple stents in separate ducts are both removed and replaced during the same operative session. Only one code
View ArticleUser id : 17700 on "Remicade infussion"
The information was helpful but I am still unsure if I bill for the physicians service as 96413/96415 or for 99214 for out patient visit.
View ArticleUser id : 33683 on "45381"
Physician performed a colonoscopy with forceps, saline injection lift technique using hot snare and also injected India ink for tattooing. 45831 is us
View ArticleSuperCoder on "45381"
You will bill 45381 only once per session, even though the physician may administer multiple injections during the procedure.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Remicade infussion"
Its written in there "Medicare uses CPT codes 96413 and 96415 to describe the first and subsequent hours, respectively, of the infusion procedure asso
View ArticleUser id : 34267 on "drug monitoring"
One of our providers ordered an ECG for a patient with a dx of "patient on domperidone--drug monitoring". What diagnosis should I use to get the ECG
View ArticleSuperCoder on "drug monitoring"
Does patient have Parkinsons or another disease that is the reason pt. is taking domperidone? Otherwise use 'V58.69' Long term drug use.
View ArticleUser id : 23974 on "Billing E/M prior to colonoscopies"
How and or Can a gastroenterologist bill for an E/M visit when seeing a patient (days) prior to a colonoscopy when the patient has no complaints and t
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