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Coding 3 or 4 Sinuses Using FESS Codes

May 22, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

A lot of people have been asking questions about how to code FESS surgeries with the new combination codes when three or four sinuses are operated on. Sinus and FESS We have been expecting an AMA CPT® Assistant article with guidance this year, but no … For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Advocacy to Change 31241’s Pay to Outpatient

May 3, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Advocates are seeking to convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to pay for outpatient care of patients receiving 31241 Nasal/sinus endoscopy, surgical; with ligation of sphenopalatine artery. The new code for 2018 was assigned… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Medical Coding Tissue Transfer or Rearrangement

March 26, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

I often see incorrect medical coding for “flaps”, which were adjacent tissue transfers, 14000-14350. Coders do not always understand that you can only code for the closure of the primary and secondary defect, but not for each flap that is created. Sur… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

AMA Updates Flap and Turbinectomy Codes For 2018

January 28, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Other than the FESS CPT® changes for 2018, there are a few more CPT® updates to note for the upcoming year. The first changes have to do with Flaps (skin and/or deep tissues). Additional instructions were added to these codes, stating: “The regions … For more, read here: AAPC Blog

New FESS Codes for 2018

January 10, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

2018 brings us new functional endoscopic sinus surgery codes (FESS) which bundle a total ethmoidectomy with both a frontal sinusotomy and a sphenoidotomy with and without removal of tissue. 2018 CPT® also provides a new bundled code for a frontal and… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

New FESS Coding for 2018

January 9, 2018December 4, 2020Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

AAPC’s Knowledge Center welcomes Barbara Cobuzzi as a regular contributor. Nasal Sinus Endoscopy According to the American Rhinologic Society, several nasal sinus endoscopy services were identified as potentially misvalued because billing patt… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Explore 2018 Changes for Otolaryngology

January 2, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Here’s the clarity you need to use new procedure codes, modifiers, and bundling rules correctly. CPT® 2018 introduces important changes for nasal/sinus endoscopy coding, including several new codes that bundle endoscopic procedures often performed tog… For more, read here: Healthcare Business Monthly