tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 7

Reader Question: When Can We Report Debridement and Shoulder Arthroscopy Separately?

Question: We’ve heard you can report 29822 and 29823 separately when performed along with shoulder arthroscopy procedures. Is this true? New Mexico reader Answer: It’s only partially true. Limited debridement is included in shoulder arthroscopy codes, so you don’t report 29822 (Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; debridement, limited) explained Angela Clements, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CGSC, COSC, CCS, AAPC Fellow, who taught a class on NCCI edits at the American Academy of Professional Coders’ 2017 Healthcon. Some coders mistakenly believe they can report 29822 separately when the debridement is performed in a different area of the same shoulder as...

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