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.
Medical Coding Tissue Transfer or Rearrangement
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…
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AMA Updates Flap and Turbinectomy Codes For 2018
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 …
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New FESS Codes for 2018
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…
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New FESS Coding for 2018
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…
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