How do I bill for multiple joint injections?
Report a single unit of 20600-20611 for each joint treated, regardless of how many aspirations and/or injections occur in a single joint. You may report multiple units of a single code for aspiration/injection of multiple joints of same size (e.g., two large joints, left knee and left shoulder).
How do you bill arthrocentesis?
20610: Arthrocentesis, aspiration and /or injection, major joint or bursa (eg, shoulder, hip, knee, subacromial bursa); without ultrasound guidance, with permanent recording and reporting.
What is arthrocentesis used for?
Arthrocentesis (also called joint aspiration) is a procedure where a doctor uses a needle to take fluid out of a joint. Joints are where two bones meet. They allow our bodies to move. The hips, knees, ankles, elbows, shoulders, and knuckles are all joints.
What does CPT code 20610 mean?
Arthrocentesis, aspiration
Arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of a joint or bursa is performed. Use 20610 for a major joint or bursa, such as the shoulder, knee, or hip joint, or the subacromial bursa when no ultrasound guidance is used for needle placement.
Should joint injection CPT?
Ellis said to use CPT code 20600 for an arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection in a small joint or bursa (i.e. fingers and toes); 20605 for an injection in an intermediate joint or bursa (wrist, elbow or ankle, temporomandibular, acromioclavicular or olecranon bursa); and 20610 for an injection in a major joint or …
Where is arthrocentesis done?
Doctors also use arthrocentesis to treat joint pain by removing excessive or infected fluid. Arthrocentesis is performed in many joints, including the elbow, knee, hip and jaw. Arthrocentesis is only one method used to diagnose or treat a variety of joint conditions, most often of the knee.
Does Medicare pay for CPT 20610?
Medicare accepts medical claims in a single line item with modifier ’50’ to present if the CPT 20610 is performed on the body’s right side or left side or both laterality. In such instances, modifier 50 is defined as both laterality and is represented as a pricing modifier.
Can you bill an office visit with 20610?
Per CCI edits, CPT codes 20610-RT and 99213-25 cannot be billed together; however a modifier is allowed with supporting documentation.
Can 20610 be billed alone?
Billing the injection procedure If an aspiration and an injection procedure are performed at the same session, bill only one unit for CPT code 20610. When additional substances are concomitantly administered (e.g. cortisone, anesthetics) with viscosupplementation, only one injection service is allowed per knee.