Remplissage Procedure | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC The remplissage is considered inclusive to the Bankhart, according to the AAOS; however, American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for HCPCS (third quarter, 2016) advises reporting both the capsulorrhaphy (29806) and an unlisted arthroscopy code (29999) for the remplissage procedure This will come down to payer policy
Wiki - Remplissage | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC Following her labral repair we then proceeded to tie the Remplissage for sterilely and a sliding knot fashion Reduction of the posterior infraspinatus tendon and capsule was directly visualized This provided an excellent bumper effect preventing increased anterior translation of the humeral head
Arthro Posterior Remplissage = 29999 : Reader Questions - AAPC CPT does not have a code for arthroscopic posterior remplissage, so report 29999 (Unlisted procedure, arthroscopy) For reimbursement purposes, compare the procedure to 23465 ( Capsulorrhaphy, glenohumeral joint, posterior, with or without bone block ), which has a national average Medicare reimbursement of $1,057 64 (or 29 31 total RVU, based
remplissage procedure | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC "The “remplissage” technique described by Wolf as an arthroscopic method of filling the Hill-Sachs defect via infraspinatus tenodesis and posterior capsulodesis The purpose of this technique is to prevent recurrent instability by making the Hill-Sachs lesion extra-articular thereby eliminating engagement of the defect with the anterior
Wiki Coding out a 29806 with a 29999 - AAPC A patient was seen at our facility for an arthroscopic anterior capsulolabral repair and an arthroscopic remplissage and rotator cuff repair We were instructed that the arthroscopic remplissage procedure was equivalent to an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and should be assigned CPT code 29827 Many of our coders disagree with this code
Stay Current when Reporting Shoulder Procedures - AAPC The remplissage is considered inclusive to the Bankhart, according to the AAOS; however, American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic for HCPCS (third quarter, 2016) advises reporting both the capsulorrhaphy (29806) and an unlisted arthroscopy code (29999) for the remplissage procedure This will come down to payer policy
Remplissage Procedure | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC If the remplissage is performed in conjunction with a capsulorrhaphy, the AMA advises to add modifier 22 to CPT 29806 Before this guideline was active, it used to be reported with the unlisted However, if the remplissage is the only procedure performed, I would imagine you would have to use an unlisted code
Wiki Latarjet with remplissage open - AAPC I felt that we could ink previous posterior stability as well as make the Hill-Sachs extraarticular with remplissage procedure We placed two 55 Corkscrew anchors adjacent to the articular surface about the posterior aspect We then placed total of four sutures through the capsule These were subsequently tied down We performed the remplissage
Wiki - remplissage | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC Hello, Provider performed a remplissage in addition to a limited debridement and capsulorraphy He is looking to code it as 29822, 29999 and 23462 (capsulorraphy anterior any type with coracoid process transfer ) I'm wondering if the remplissage is reported separately from the capsulorraphy
Remplissage procedure | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC remplissage procedure with bankart repair Hi Gerri, I did some research into this type of procedure and came up with CPT 29806 for the arthroscopic bankart repair and I agree with you that your only other choice to bill the remplissage procedure is the unlisted arthroscopic code 29999