Part B Coding Coach:
Can't Find the Right CPT® Code? Don't Break a Sweat, Use an Unlisted Code Instead
Published on Mon Sep 05, 2016
Detailed documentation in your op notes will streamline your claim. Suppose an operative note lands on your desk where an orthopedic surgeon describes a laminotomy and excision of herniated thoracic disc. When you consult your coding manual, you find the only thoracic codes correspond to transpedicular or costovertebral approach. So what should you do? Solution: Turn to an unlisted code. [...]
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