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DRIL Procedure
The surgeon said he did a DRIL procedure on an AC fistula. I’m not sure how to code this. Is it an unlisted code?
Sacroiliac Joint Injections (SI Joint)
We are receiving denials from NGS Medicare for CPT code 20552 when we do SI joint injections using ultrasound guidance. Our typical diagnosis is sacroiliac dysfunction.
Does KZA have an insight into what may be causing the denial?
63266 & 63267 - Reported Together?
If the provider removed an epidural abscess from T4-T9 via one incision and then did a separate incision at L4-5, can I bill CPT 63266 and 63267?
27134 vs. 27137
What is the correct way to bill for a hip arthroplasty revision where the full acetabular component is replaced, and a new femoral head is placed, but nothing is done to the femoral stem?
ICD-10 - Skin Necrosis Following Breast Reconstruction
I’m having difficulty with the ICD-10 code assignment. Can KZA provide some guidance? A patient following breast reconstruction presented during the postoperative period with skin necrosis at the incision site.
Incident-to Billing for Medicare
We bill incident-to for Medicare patients in our office for our physician assistants. We don’t have a Otolaryngologist in the office on Friday afternoons but our 5 PAs are in seeing patients. Can we bill their services “incident to” the physician they work for?
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