Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, COC, CPC-P, CPC-I, CPCO, CENTC is one of the country’s top coders and consultants in Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery.
Auditing Postoperative Sinus Debridements
An auditor asked the question of postoperative sinus debridements while discussing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). It was asked if postoperative debridements are coded and chargeable when a septoplasty or a turbinate procedure is performed…
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Audiology Technician Billing
Medicare stipulates precise requirements for billing audiology technicians’ services. As outlined in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Transmittal 84 in February 2008, these requirements are distinct from those governing audiolog…
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Coding 3 or 4 Sinuses Using FESS Codes
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 …
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Advocacy to Change 31241’s Pay to Outpatient
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…
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