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May 5, 2022 Question: What code do we charge for an ER visit when our physician was called to the…
April 21, 2022 Question: I did a posterior fossa craniectomy for resection of a cerebellopontine angle tumor requiring the dura…
April 7, 2022 Question: Can a PA bill a consult if going to the ED at the request of the…
March 24, 2022 Question: We are going to start doing this new procedure called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound to treat…
March 10, 2022 Question: Can we bill for a PA to assist on a cerebral angiogram? What about aneurysm coiling?…
February 24, 2022 Question: Can we code a laminectomy for disc herniation, such as 63030 or 63042, with a TLIF/PLIF…
February 10, 2022 Question: Can we code for harvest of vascularized pericranial graft during a left temporal craniotomy for resection…
January 27, 2022 Question: If an endoscope is used to check for residual tumor or ensure an aneurysm is clipped,…
December 30, 2021 Question: If my neurosurgeon does an intraoperative angiogram after she has clipped an aneurysm, at the same…
December 16, 2021 Question: If I do a retrosigmoid craniotomy for resection of an acoustic neuroma (61520) but I also…
December 2, 2021 Question: I see there is a code for intraoperative ultrasound, 76998. Can I code that when I…
November 11, 2021 Question: What do we code when we put cement around the pedicle screws, or inject cement into…
October 28, 2021 Question: Does the multiple procedure payment reduction apply for the same day anterior-posterior procedures when done through…
October 14, 2021 Question: I’m placing catheters in the erector spinae plane through a separate puncture after the surgical wound…
September 30, 2021 Question: Do I use a modifier 58 (staged procedure) on the ventricular drain code when it’s done…
September 16, 2021 Question: If a patient has one stable chronic illness and one acute uncomplicated illness without systemic symptoms,…
September 2, 2021 Question: Can we code separately for harvesting pericranial graft, such as temporalis fascia, when doing a craniotomy? Answer: CPT…
August 19, 2021 Question: Is there a code for turning off a VNS so the patient can have an MRI?…
August 5, 2021 Question: Is there a code for interpretation of an x-ray when placing percutaneous pedicle screws with use…
July 22, 2021 Question: My surgeon did an ACDF at C5-C6 and C6-C7 but also did an artificial disc (TDA)…
July 8, 2021 Question: The provider listed one of the procedure statements as bilateral percutaneous L4-L5 segmental instrumentation placement along…
June 24, 2021 Question: The neurosurgeon performed an ACDF and then also did a carpal tunnel decompression at the same…
June 10, 2021 Question: What is the correct ICD-10-CM for bilateral sciatica? My doctor tells me to use both M54.31…
May 27, 2021 Question: When doing a T12 & L3 kyphoplasty, are the correct codes 22513 (thoracic) and 22514 (lumbar)?…
May 13, 2021 Question: We are new to neuroendovascular coding. How do I know what’s a 2nd order or 3rd…
April 29, 2021 Question: I just finished my residency and am in an employed situation. In reviewing my end-of-month RVU…
April 15, 2021 Question: I’m still confused about the new E/M guidelines. Do these new guidelines apply to the consultation…
April 1, 2021 Question: Under the new E/M coding revisions for office visits, should we document time AND medical decision…
March 18, 2021 Question: Can I bill a wound debridement code such as 11043 when I debride an infected wound…
March 4, 2021 Question: Would bilateral L4-L5 herniated discs count as 2 problems in the new E/M guidelines for office…
Articles
ORTHOWORLD – December 11, 2019 In 2017, the American Medical Association surveyed physicians across all specialties about the amount of…
AAPC News – May 2017 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP See how spine procedure codes, guidelines, and reporting have…
AAOS Now – November 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP Spine surgeons face a multitude of Current Procedural…
Healio- October 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP and Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP Medicare eliminated payment…
Healthcare Business Monthly – June 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP When do you bill 63056-59 with 22633,…
Spine Surgery Today, September/October 2014 Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP, and Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC Reporting the “just…
Follow an Eight-Step Formula for Correct Spine Coding – September/October 2014 by Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP and Kim Pollock,…
Procedure Coding Made Simple: Five Principles Will Help You Capture Appropriate Charges for Spine Surgeries – September 2013 by Kim Pollock, RN,…
Coding For Same Day Anterior-Posterior Spine Procedures: Four Myths Clarified – November / December 2012 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP…