At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 16, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, with Ellis Medical Consulting, discussed 15 current procedure ...

8. Hammertoe repairs. Another common problem with orthopedic coding occurs with hammertoe repairs, Ms. Jones says. She says hammertoe repair CPT codes can be used for any technique used to repair a ...

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the ...

Category I CPT procedure codes are recognized by all public and private health insurance payers in the United States.

The two new CPT codes for the iTind procedure will go into effect on or after January 1, 2025. In the meantime, physicians will continue to use the unlisted code for billing purposes.

The CPT codes descriptors clarification for PNS and SCS procedures provides additional clarity for physicians and their dedicated teams,” said Aure Bruneau, CEO of Curonix.

All coding at ICRC-Weyer is carried out and controlled within their specialist Medical Data Management department, staffed exclusively by medically trained experts.