by Shea Lunt | Jul 20, 2022 | Blog
Purchase Webinar Shea Lunt, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, PMP Consultant Shea is a consultant for The Haugen Consulting Group with 11 years of health care industry experience. Shea has experience working on the professional fee side of coding, auditing, education and compliance...
by Mary Bort | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized, Webinar FAQs
Q: A physician performed a fusion at the first tarsometatarsal joint and an open reduction with internal fixation of the second TMT joint. Can I report both 28740 and 28615?A: Yes, it would be appropriate to report both codes. They are being done at separate sites....
by Mary Bort | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
For many years I struggled coding foot and ankle procedures. I would ask myself: “Is this tendon a flexor or is it an extensor?” “Hmm... what does it do?” “Is this a ligament or is this a tendon?” Of course, back then we didn’t have internet and had to utilize...
by Deanna Upston | Mar 17, 2022 | News, Webinar FAQs
Q: Is there a code for placement of a bone flap in the abdominal subcutaneous tissue for "storage" until the bone flap can be replaced? A: Actually yes. CPT code 61316 is an add-on code that can be reported with an appropriate craniectomy code when a subcutaneous...
by Mary Bort | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized, Webinar FAQs
Q: Is it appropriate to wait for a pathology report before coding?A: Absolutely, I encourage it. Q: If my surgeon does not document the size of a lesion and the margins, can I take them from the pathology report? 4A: Ideally, this is not good practice. When specimens...
