CPT code 00520: Anesthesia for closed chest procedures
00520 is the default code for closed chest procedures with no more specific match, which makes it easy to reach for and an easy one to get wrong. However, pick the wrong base-unit count, the wrong modifier, or confuse it with a mediastinoscopy sibling, and the claim comes back denied. This guide walks through what […]
CPT Code 01444: Popliteal artery repair anesthesia
Anesthesia billing denials often trace back to one of three places: the wrong modifier, a missing start/stop time, or a base unit value pulled from memory rather than the current CMS Physician Fee Schedule. CPT Code 01444 adds a fourth, less obvious failure point: code identity. It’s a specific vascular anesthesia code for popliteal artery […]
CPT Code 01714: Anesthesia for upper arm tenoplasty procedures
CPT Code 01714 covers anesthesia for tenoplasty (tendon repair or reconstruction) procedures on the nerves, muscles, tendons, fascia, and bursae of the upper arm and elbow, from the elbow to the shoulder. The code is straightforward on paper, but the billing mechanics behind it demand careful attention to base units, time documentation, and provider credentials. […]
CPT Code 01742: Anesthesia for elbow osteotomy billing guide
CPT Code 01742 is the anesthesia code for open or surgical arthroscopic procedures of the elbow, specifically osteotomy of the humerus. It carries 5 base units, billed using the time-based anesthesia formula that applies across the 01710-01782 range. CPT Code 01742: What it covers and who bills it CPT Code 01742 is the correct anesthesia […]
CPT Code 01830: Anesthesia for forearm, wrist, and hand
Official description: CPT Code 01830 is defined as anesthesia for open or surgical arthroscopic/endoscopic procedures on the distal radius, distal ulna, wrist, or hand joints. It covers the administration of anesthesia services for open or arthroscopically/endoscopically assisted joint surgery in this region, whether performed in a hospital operating room, ambulatory surgery center, or an office-based […]
CPT code 99350: home visit billing guide
Home visit billing gets denied more often than almost any other E/M category. Claims examiners scrutinize CPT code 99350 closely because it sits at the top of the established-patient home visit hierarchy, and upcoding audits for this code appear regularly in the HIPAA-compliant documentation practices space. If you’re billing house calls or residence-based care — […]
CPT Code 01654: Anesthesia for shoulder and axilla artery bypass graft
CPT Code 01654 is the anesthesia code for a bypass graft procedure on the arteries of the shoulder and axilla, carrying 8 base units under the ASA Relative Value Guide. It sits in a code range covering several closely related shoulder and axilla artery procedures, so it is easy to confuse with a neighboring code […]
CPT code 00352: Anesthesia for simple ligation of major neck vessels
A neck laceration comes into the ER, the surgeon ties off a bleeding vessel in minutes, and the case is done almost before the anesthesia clock starts. Billing CPT code 00352 correctly is rarely that quick. Confuse it with its close neighbor CPT code 00350, miss a single modifier, or leave a time detail undocumented, […]
CPT code 97763: orthotic and prosthetic management guide
CPT code 97763 is the billing code for subsequent orthotic and prosthetic management and training, covering upper extremity, lower extremity, or trunk, billed in 15-minute units. It applies only to follow-up visits after the initial device fitting. Billing it for a first encounter is the most common reason these claims get denied. This reference covers […]
CPT code 92610: Swallowing evaluation billing guide
Most swallowing evaluation denials don’t come from the wrong code. They come from documentation that doesn’t clearly support medical necessity, or from billing the evaluation alongside a treatment code without the right modifier. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), swallowing evaluation and treatment codes are among the most frequently questioned SLP billing codes by […]