tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

You Be the Coder: Know What’s Included in Turbinate Reduction

Question: Following a septoplasty to remove a septal spur, the surgeon performed an inferior turbinate reduction. I am trying to interpret the operative report to determine whether this should be coded as 30801, 30802, or 30930. The report states that the surgeon “performed an inferior turbinate reduction with the coblator bilaterally, outfracturing the inferior turbinates.” Colorado Subscriber Answer: This certainly qualifies as an inferior turbinate reduction, so you can immediately rule out 30930 (Fracture nasal inferior turbinate(s), therapeutic) as an option since under the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI, or CCI), 30930 bundles into 30802 (Ablation, soft...

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