tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2007 Issue 10

Stop Drug Waste From Shrinking Your Bottom Line

You can gain payment even for unused Botox units Botox is expensive, and if you-re not billing for unused units of the drug, your practice is losing money. Under Medicare rules, you can receive reimbursement for wasted Botox simply by listing the amount of leftover drug on line 24G and appending modifier JW (Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient) to indicate that your surgeon didn't administer the units listed in 24G to a patient.  Account for Waste To report Botox supplies, you should use HCPCS supply code J0585 (Botulinum toxin type A, per unit).You will bill...

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