Reader Questions: I&D Area Can Deflate 10060 Option
Question: Our physician performed a level-four E/M service in the emergency department for a patient and diagnosed a peritonsillar abscess. Notes indicate that the physician aspirated the abscess to confirm the presence of pus, and then incised and drained it. Is this a 10060 incision and drainage (I&D)?Answer: These types of abscesses have their own I&D codes. For this encounter you would report the following codes:
• 42700 (Incision and drainage abscess; peritonsillar) for the I&D
• 99284 (Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires these 3 key components:...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement.
Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations — and onboard your team — with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI's Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement Alert will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, payer policies, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.
Current newsletters added each month
Fully searchable archives - over 4200 articles
ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products: