CPT code 01382: Anesthesia for diagnostic knee arthroscopy
CPT code 01382 covers anesthesia for diagnostic arthroscopic procedures of the knee joint, three base units, nothing therapeutic folded in. Get that boundary wrong on the claim, and the payer usually notices before your billing team does. The sections below work through what 01382 covers, how those three base units turn into a payment, and […]
CPT code 01210: Open hip procedure anesthesia billing guide
CPT code 01210 is the anesthesia code for open procedures on the hip joint that don’t fit a more specific code. It carries 6 base units under the ASA Relative Value Guide. 01210 belongs to a family of “not otherwise specified” anesthesia codes. They exist so coders always have a billable option when a procedure […]
CPT code 19083: Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy billing guide
CPT code 19083 is the procedure code for a percutaneous breast biopsy performed with real-time ultrasound guidance, covering the first lesion biopsied in a session. Payers frequently deny claims for this code over three recurring errors: the wrong imaging guidance code, a missing laterality modifier, or an ICD-10 pairing that doesn’t satisfy the payer’s local […]
CPT Code 01770: Upper Arm Artery Anesthesia Billing Guide
CPT code 01770 is the anesthesia billing code for procedures on arteries of the upper arm and elbow when the surgeon hasn’t specified the exact artery. In fact, it shows up most often in vascular and orthopedic surgery, including sports medicine practices treating athletic arterial injuries. Getting the claim right depends on matching the base […]
CPT code 00873: Lithotripsy Anesthesia Billing Guide
Most ESWL claims that get denied come back for the same two reasons: a missing modifier or a mismatched ICD-10 code. CPT code 00873 sits at the intersection of anesthesia billing and urological procedure coding, and that overlap is where documentation gaps quietly become revenue losses. The American Medical Association (AMA), which maintains the CPT […]
CPT Code 11006: Debridement, modifiers, and 2026 fee schedule
CPT Code 11006 is the surgical procedure code for debridement of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and fascia for necrotizing soft tissue infection of the external genitalia, perineum, and abdominal wall combined. It applies only when the infection spans both regions and the surgeon debrides both in the same operative session. Coders instead report genitalia and […]
ICD-10 Code M16.9: Osteoarthritis of hip, unspecified
ICD-10 Code M16.9 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for osteoarthritis of the hip, unspecified, also known as coxarthrosis NOS. It applies whenever the chart documents hip osteoarthritis without specifying the affected hip or the cause. Hip osteoarthritis is one of the most billed musculoskeletal diagnoses in outpatient and orthopedic practice. However, coders often default […]
CPT code 01140: Anesthesia for hindquarter amputation
CPT code 01140 is the anesthesia code for interpelviabdominal amputation, commonly called a hindquarter amputation. It carries 15 base units, the highest value in its pelvis code family, and that dollar amount draws payer attention. Most denials on this code don’t trace back to an undocumented procedure. They trace back to a mismatched modifier, a […]
CPT code 33362: Open femoral TAVR billing guide
CPT Code 33362 is the procedure code for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR/TAVI) performed through an open surgical exposure of the femoral artery. Surgeons use this approach when calcification, vessel size, or tortuosity rules out the standard percutaneous femoral route covered by CPT 33361. This guide covers the full descriptor, how 33362 differs from the […]
CPT Code 00539: Anesthesia for tracheobronchial reconstruction
CPT Code 00539 is a billable anesthesia code covering intrathoracic tracheobronchial reconstruction, the surgical repair of the trachea and bronchi. It falls within the 00500-00599 intrathoracic anesthesia range, and billing it correctly requires accurate base unit assignment, correct modifier pairing, and complete documentation from pre-op assessment through recovery. This reference covers everything anesthesia billers, coders, […]