tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 23

NCCI 11.2 SPECIAL REPORT: Laryngoscopy Coding Becomes A Minefield In July

 When you can - and can't - legitimately unbundleCPT 2005 introduced two new codes for laryngoscopy with tumor removal and reconstruction: 31545-31546. Coders rejoiced because until recently there was no code that included both lesion removal and reconstruction with local tissue flaps or grafts.But the newest update to the Correct Coding Initiative, which takes effect in July, makes it much more difficult to bill 31545-31546. Next month, those new codes will become part of excision codes 31300-31420. And you can't use a modifier to override those edits. These edits make sense, says Asia Evans, coding specialist at...

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