tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 6

DERMATOLOGY: Keep Your Eyes Open For Medically Necessary Eyelid Procedures

Carriers will cover blepharplasty for functional or reconstructive surgeries Medicare is prone to deny payment to dermatologists who perform blepharoplasty because it assumes the procedure is cosmetic. But you can win payment if the procedure is medically necessary. Here’s how. Whether or not a blepharoplasty procedure is always cosmetic depends on the procedure and the patient’s main complaint. Procedures to remove excess skin and fat from the eyelids are frequently done out of medical necessity …quot; but to convince Medicare, you need the right codes and airtight documentation.Note: Insurers cover blepharoplasty procedures 15822 (Blepharoplasty, upper...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 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

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.