Coding Coach: 4 Groupings Will Streamline New Orthopedic Codes
CMS prices two new codes at over $1,000 -- will you recoup that pay?
You can stop feeling overwhelmed by the slew of new orthopedic-specific codes that will affect your practice in 2009 by simplifying the multitude of changes into four subjects:
• multiplane external fixation,
• arthroplasty,
• pelvic fasciotomy, and
• plantar common digital nerve injection.
1. Apply New Multiplane External Fixation Codes
First of all, youve got two new codes for multiplane external fixation. They are:
• 20696 -- Application of multiplane (pins or wires in more than one plane), unilateral, external fixation with stereotactic...
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