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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > January, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 1
Coding & Billing
Give Your Facility the Coding Edge
Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA

Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA Here are simple pearls and pointers for coding some of your more complicated cases.

End the confusion of synovectomy coding
One of the biggest challenges in coding knee arthroscopies is determining whether to select CPT code 29875, arthroscopic synovectomy, limited, or 29876, arthroscopic synovectomy, major, two or more compartments. Here are three points to keep in mind to accurately report an arthroscopy of the knee:

Categories: General Surgery, Code/Bill/Reimburse, Orthopedics, Cosmetic Surgery, Podiatry
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