DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2017 Issue 1 (January)

Watch out for ambulatory surgery center payment indicator N1

Question: Medicare denied 77002 (Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement [e.g., biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device]) when our ambulatory surgery center reported it with 20610 (Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, major joint or bursa [e.g., shoulder, hip, knee, subacromial bursa]; without ultrasound guidance). Can you explain why we’re getting this denial?

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