CPT code 01392: Anesthesia for open tibia and fibula surgery
CPT code 01392 bills anesthesia for open procedures on the upper ends of the tibia, fibula, and patella, think open reduction and internal fixation of proximal fractures, open patellectomy, and open osteotomy at the tibial plateau. It carries 4 base units, and orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine practices submit it most often, since proximal tibia […]
CPT Code 00124: Anesthesia for ear procedures and otoscopy billing
CPT code 00124 is the anesthesia code for otoscopy — direct examination of the external, middle, and inner ear — and carries a base unit value of 4 within the 00100-01999 anesthesia section of the CPT code set. It’s a low-volume, low-complexity code, but claims on it still get denied over the same issues that […]
CPT Code 11201: Skin tag removal add-on billing guide
CPT Code 11201 is an add-on code for skin tag removal, reported for each additional group of 10 lesions once a provider removes more than 15 tags in a single encounter. It is always billed alongside its parent code, CPT 11200, which covers the initial removal of up to 15 fibrocutaneous tags. The official AMA […]
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 […]