This was applied to the hand/wrist Aagin, the work effort is greater and it requires more material than a sac so i don't want to code a short arm cast That somehow doesn't seem right either as the l. I have a question, can i charge procedure for my docs for a splinting if the splint was a prefab splint Custom fabricated b forearm based thumb spica splints with ip jts free out of a thermoplastic orthoplast material The splints involved substantial cutting, trimming and molding to custom fit the pt to keep wrists in 15 degrees of extension, the thumbs midway between palmar and radial abduction and mp jts in 10 degrees.
Hcpcs code for wrist hand finger orthosis (whfo), without joint (s), prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise l3807 hcpcs code l3807 for wrist hand finger orthosis (whfo), without joint (s), prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit. I was sent this email from a coder at a local hospital I do not handle facility coding so wanted to get some help for the correct answer Thanks we treat patients in the er and apply a splint to the finger or arm, the nurse usually documents the application of the splint We are an urgent care facility that is privately owned We use the orthoglass splinting material in our office
We have been using a4590 We have been charging this code by how many inches we used
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