tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 5

CPT® 2016: Nail Your Percutaneous Biliary Stent Coding With 4 Tips

Code per session, not per stent. In the massive code overhaul of percutaneous biliary procedures for 2016, reporting stents stands out as one of the most confusing areas you’ll need to tackle. Let our experts walk you through four steps to make sure you choose the correct code, capture any multiple services you’re due, and avoid wrongly billing included procedures. Tip 1: Send Out the Old, Bring In the New You used to have one code to report percutaneous biliary stents — 47511 (Introduction of percutaneous transhepatic stent for internal and external biliary drainage) — but no...

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