- Avoid Reporting Lidocaine in Most Situations : Reader Questions - AAPC
This code descriptor specifies that the physician must administer the lidocaine via an IV infusion In fact, the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) bundles J2001 with many minor procedure codes to specifically prevent you from reporting it with an injection code
- New Drug and Biological Codes Go into Effect Oct. 1 - AAPC
Check out the October update to the HCPCS Level II code set A quarterly update to the HCPCS Level II code set adds 32 new drug and biological codes this A quarterly update to the HCPCS Level II code set adds 32 new codes for drugs and biologicals this October
- Wiki - Lidocaine injection-What is the HCPCS - AAPC
What is the HCPCS code for the lidocaine, J2001 is intravascular, which mine is not, I am beong told that I cannot bill for the lidocaine, any help is appreciated
- NCCI 10. 2 Bundles Lidocaine Into Hundreds of Procedures - AAPC
NCCI 10 2 takes the lidocaine crackdown a step farther and bundles J2001 into hundreds of CPT codes For example, if a pediatrician performs arthrocentesis, coders cannot report the supply of the drug separately, says Mary Falbo, MBA, CPC, president of Millennium Healthcare Solutions
- Cashing In Separately on Supplies? : Reader Question - AAPC
Answer: No, lidocaine gel or jelly cannot be reported separately because in most scenarios, supplies are included in the CPT® codes Take Note: If your urologist uses lidocaine injections, they are not separately reported Medicare specifies that local anesthetic use is “an inherent surgical procedure component and is not billable separately ”
- Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg . . .
HCPCS Code J3301 for Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg as maintained by CMS falls under Drugs, Administered by Inject
- Laceration Repair Codes Include Anesthesia : You Be the Expert - AAPC
Administering a lidocaine injection to a 4-year-old can require more skill and time than the repair itself, but it is still not separately billable The asterisk means that if the physician also provides an E M service, you can bill that service as well Laceration repair is surgery, and anesthesia is bundled into it
- Avoid J2001 for Minor In-Office Procedures : Reader Question - AAPC
The only code for lidocaine is J2001 (Injection, lidocaine HCl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg) In 2004, CMS deleted J2000 (Injection, lidocaine HCl, 50 cc), which many practices were inaccurately using to bill for injected lidocaine
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