Hemipelvectomy socket coding
Ingvar Leskovar
Description
Collection
Title:
Hemipelvectomy socket coding
Creator:
Ingvar Leskovar
Date:
2/2/2018
Text:
Hi all.
I searched low and high and can not find a code for hemi socket. For
entire prosthesis - yes. Not for something that can be called a
seating socket as that is all that is needed.
Patient is complete hip disarticulation bilateral with partial pelvis.
No ambulatory device attempted. Wound care is looking into a seating
device though.
Situation is aggravated by uncontrolled diabetes. I am going to have
further discussion with medical team but, at the moment, am stuck
coding something like this. Of course, he is Medicare.
Thank you
Igor Lesko, LPO
PMI Prosthetics
I searched low and high and can not find a code for hemi socket. For
entire prosthesis - yes. Not for something that can be called a
seating socket as that is all that is needed.
Patient is complete hip disarticulation bilateral with partial pelvis.
No ambulatory device attempted. Wound care is looking into a seating
device though.
Situation is aggravated by uncontrolled diabetes. I am going to have
further discussion with medical team but, at the moment, am stuck
coding something like this. Of course, he is Medicare.
Thank you
Igor Lesko, LPO
PMI Prosthetics
Citation
Ingvar Leskovar, “Hemipelvectomy socket coding,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/208704.
