Billing mulitple hand splints for Medicare
Rachel Sidle
Description
Collection
Title:
Billing mulitple hand splints for Medicare
Creator:
Rachel Sidle
Date:
1/29/2018
Text:
Dear List,
I have a TBI patient that needs both a daytime and a night time WHFO. We
have already fit him with the anti-spasticity ball splint for night time,
and after that, the OT requested a daytime splint as well, probably a
custom thumb spica from Benik or a custom thermoplastic thumb spica. There
is no Medicare LCD for upper extremity orthotics. Has anyone had success
getting paid for 2 braces on the same hand through Medicare, either same
code or different?
Rachel Sidle, CPO/L
Prosthetic One
Memphis, TN
I have a TBI patient that needs both a daytime and a night time WHFO. We
have already fit him with the anti-spasticity ball splint for night time,
and after that, the OT requested a daytime splint as well, probably a
custom thumb spica from Benik or a custom thermoplastic thumb spica. There
is no Medicare LCD for upper extremity orthotics. Has anyone had success
getting paid for 2 braces on the same hand through Medicare, either same
code or different?
Rachel Sidle, CPO/L
Prosthetic One
Memphis, TN
Citation
Rachel Sidle, “Billing mulitple hand splints for Medicare,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/208561.
