tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 14

Tips Help You Make the Most of Your Laparoscopy Pay

Capture diagnostic scope or leave $90 on the table. Billing multiple scopes could bring your practice legitimate pay, or it could bring you fraud charges. Your job is to know the difference -- and our job is to show you how. Follow these three tips to make sure you avoid the pitfalls and capture the opportunities inherent in laparoscopy coding. 1. Report Truly 'Diagnostic' Scope Separately When a surgeon performs a diagnostic laparoscopy, the findings sometimes lead the physician to determine the need for an open surgical procedure. In those cases, you can separately report the diagnostic laparoscopy. Check...

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