Re: Transfemoral socket design and fitting.
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Re: Transfemoral socket design and fitting.
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In a message dated 6/18/2001 8:55:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
<Email Address Redacted> writes:
> Your description of HCFA code L5649 is incomplete. It not only states
> ischial containment. It also states Narrow M-L. I believe Ivan Long
>
Jim,
I concur, however numerous discussions have been about quadrilateral shaped
sockets that cup the ischial tuberosity - therefore ischial containment.
The second part of the HCFA description a socket with a narrow ML is not
deemed a necessary requirement to bill L5649. A quadrilateral socket does not
have a narrow ML, but it can be made to cup the ischial tuberosity - ischial
containment.
Narrow M-L is a discarded part of the of the HCFA description for billing
under L5649 and that is why it was not mentioned.
Al
<Email Address Redacted> writes:
> Your description of HCFA code L5649 is incomplete. It not only states
> ischial containment. It also states Narrow M-L. I believe Ivan Long
>
Jim,
I concur, however numerous discussions have been about quadrilateral shaped
sockets that cup the ischial tuberosity - therefore ischial containment.
The second part of the HCFA description a socket with a narrow ML is not
deemed a necessary requirement to bill L5649. A quadrilateral socket does not
have a narrow ML, but it can be made to cup the ischial tuberosity - ischial
containment.
Narrow M-L is a discarded part of the of the HCFA description for billing
under L5649 and that is why it was not mentioned.
Al
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“Re: Transfemoral socket design and fitting.,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216825.
