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January 19, 2023 Question: When choosing the level of E&M we are confused about the History and Exam. If we…
December 15, 2022 Question: I am confused and hoping you can clarify a coding question I have. I thought I…
December 1, 2022 Question: A patient had a craniotomy a week ago and the provider is doing a removal of…
November 17, 2022 Question: I am confused and hoping you can clarify a coding question I have. I thought I…
November 3, 2022 Question: How is RFA rhizotomy of the trigeminal nerve at the second and third division branches of…
October 20, 2022 Question: How is percutaneous ganglion balloon compression rhizotomy of the trigeminal nerve reported? The diagnosis was Trigeminal…
October 6, 2022 Question: A retrosigmoid craniotomy was performed with microvascular decompression of the 5th nerve. The diagnosis was Trigeminal…
September 22, 2022 Question: In a recent head trauma case, a decompressive craniectomy was performed with a partial temporal lobectomy,…
September 8, 2022 Question: We have a patient with 2 commercial payers (BCBS and Cigna). A consultation code was submitted…
August 25, 2022 Question: If the exposure is thoracic, for example in a thoracic corpectomy, and the documentation states a…
August 11, 2022 Question: How do you report a spinal procedure for example, arthrodesis or laminectomies when two spinal are…
July 28, 2022 Question: Can code 20680, removal of implant, be used for removal of a previously placed intervertebral device,…
July 14, 2022 Question: I placed posterior percutaneous screws and rods without an arthrodesis. I know I have to use…
June 30, 2022 Question: Can I use modifiers on an unlisted code? Answer: There is not a single right answer…
June 16, 2022 Question: The patient had a re-do laminectomy for stenosis at L3-L4. Can code 63042 be used for…
June 2, 2022 Question: Since we have to bring the patients back in for COVID testing and H&P for Joint…
May 19, 2022 Question: I did an inpatient consultation and coded 99253 (non-Medicare). I did not need to follow the…
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…
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ORTHOWORLD – December 11, 2019 In 2017, the American Medical Association surveyed physicians across all specialties about the amount of…
AAOS Now – November 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC Spine surgeons face a multitude of Current Procedural Terminology…
Healio- October 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC and Teri Romano, BSN, MBA, CPC, CMDP Medicare eliminated payment for…
Healthcare Business Monthly – June 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC When do you bill 63056-59 with 22633, rather…
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,…
Coding For Same Day Anterior-Posterior Spine Procedures: Four Myths Clarified – November / December 2012 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC…