tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 33

CPT Updates: You Can Bill 20550 per Tendon Sheath Injected

Vaccine delivery codes revised for 2004If your practice bills for multiple tendon sheath injections, CPT 2004 may bring relief. The new version of the code descriptors for 20550 and 20551 makes it clear that you can report one unit of CPT 20550 for each tendon sheath your physician injects. The description for CPT 20550 (Injection(s); single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis [e.g., plantar "fascia"]) means that if your physician injects a single tendon sheath multiple times, you should report 20550 once. But if he injects two tendon sheaths, you should assign 20550 twice, says Kent J. Moore...

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