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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 7
Perinephric Surgery: Spotlight Adrenalectomy Coding With These 3 Tips
Heed ‘separate procedure’ direction. Stumbling into one of the many adrenal-resection coding pitfalls could cost your general surgery practice plenty. That’s why you need to follow our experts’ pointers to make sure you avoid bundling issues, capture legitimate additional charges, and get home by six. Tip 1: Direct Code Choice by ‘Approach’ With advances in imaging technologies such as MRI, physicians are identifying more adrenal masses that indicate the need for surgery. “Adrenal glands are small, but open surgery is often difficult and requires a large excision due to the glands’ location deep in the...
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