tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 13

ORTHOPEDIC CODING QUIZ: 5 Questions Lead You to Orthopedic Coding Success

This quick quiz will show you where your orthopedic coding and billing skills fall. Want to stay polished on your bone and joint coding and billing skills to ensure stellar pay and compliance? Give this quiz a whirl, and then check your responses against our answers. Questions:  1. The physician uses your practice’s x-ray equipment to place the needle prior to a hip injection. He did not use the C-arm or any other fluoroscopy device for additional guidance. Should you include modifier 26 on the claim? 2. The physician arthroscopically repairs a rotator cuff on the left shoulder...

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