coding 11721 and 11055 together
According to Codes for Podiatric Medicine-Taubman DPM,when billing 11721 diagnosis code 110.1 or like needs to be the primary dx code. When billing 11055 the primary dx code needs to be 700. Assuming...
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I am assuming you are billing for outpatient provider services. The CMS 1500 has room to enter uo to 6 lines of dates of service/procedure codes and 4 ICD-9 codes.Before I go further, do you know how...
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Yes of course I know how to fill out a 1500. The problem is that in order for a procedure to be approved by Medicare, ie. 11721 only 110.1 or 703.8 etc. can be in the 1st diagnosis code position. If...
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Thanks, thats a horse of a different color.As scotty says, Captain, I cant change the laws of physics. If a diagnosis code is the primary diagnosis code that suppora one procedure, we cant make...
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I think the simple answer here is you bill the on the same form but you change the dx pointers for each claim line. You can list more than one dx code on the form just point the dx to the procedure....
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The order that the diagnosis codes are listed in box 21 is irrelevant. What matters is what is in box 24e. For example:Box 211. 110.12. 703.83. 700.00Box 24, line 1:CPT............DX...
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That is what I was thinking but you said it much better.
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Thank you all for being so helpful. I think what I am asking, like you said Steve, is impossible. I am just going to have to pick which one I want to bill and not both. You can't use 703.8 as the...
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I got what you mean about DX position-as long as it is the primary DX to that particular procedure! So the best way would be:Box 211. 110.12.7003. 443.9CPT DX pointer11721 1,311055 2,3woo hoo
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yeah!!! I love it when a question gets worked out!Karen
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don't ya??? It's fantastic. When you work alone on your coding and billing sometimes you make it more complicated than it has to be. The big billing companies can mess around with trial and error, but...
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Quote:You can't use 703.8 as the second diagnosis I just slapped the numbers up there as an example, I wasn't recommending any particular dx.Quote:I know it is possible to work 11719-trimming nails...
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Medicare seems to have so many stipulations on billing any foot care that they might deem "routine" that I like to dot all of me I's. I have had them breathe down my neck for billing 99213 more than...
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