Here are procedures you can bill separately
July 1, 2000 less than 1 minute read
Here are procedures you can bill separately
Examples of procedures that can be billed separately under ambulatory payment classifications (APCs) include the following, according to Candace E. Shaeffer, RN, MBA, vice president of coding/quality management for Lynx Medical Systems, a Bellevue, WA-based consulting firm that specializes in coding and reimbursement for EDs:
• Incision and drainage of an abscess, simple, common procedural terminology (CPT) 10060, APC 0006.
• Avulsion nail plate, simple, CPT 11730, APC 0013.
• Evacuation of subungual hematoma, CPT 11740, APC 0009.
• Simple laceration repair, less than 2.6 cm, face, CPT 12011, APC 0024.
• Apply short arm splint, CPT 29125, APC 0059.
• Control nasal hemorrhage, posterior, CPT 30905, APC 0250.
• Catheterization, complex, CPT 53675, APC 0164.
• Lumbar puncture, CPT 62270, APC 0210.
• Injection, subcutaneous or intramuscular; CPT 90782, APC 0359.
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPT 92950, APC 0094.
• Rhythm Electrocardiogram, 3 lead, tracing only, CPT 93041, APC 0366.
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