HCPCS Code

Cobb, James P.

Description

Title:

HCPCS Code

Creator:

Cobb, James P.

Date:

6/23/2009

Text:

I would like to get some opinions on when you feel it is correct to use
L-2275.

The actual definition is as follows.

Addition to lower extremity, varus/valgus correction, plastic
modification, padded/lined

 

I have polled my coworkers, and also a lot of my O&P friends. All of
which has been to the coding seminar.

It's amazing all the different answers and reasons they used to support
their use.

I tried to search the internet. I found the same descriptor and
verbiage hundreds of time.

I found many articles stating that the Arizona brace can no longer use
the code.

I even stumbled across some court cases for the improper use of the
code. I found the information inside the

transcripts disappointing. In the transcripts it never said why the code
was used wrong and what the proper use was.

So, I have decided to poll the biggest congregation of O&P
professionals. I hope to find the exact legal reasoning behind the
creation of the code.

The actual descriptor can be misleading, and defended many ways. This I
found out with my friends and coworkers!

I am not trying to start a debate, just looking for a definitive answer.


I will post replies.

 

Thank you

 

 

James P. Cobb CO, BOCP

 

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

Staff Orthotist/Prosthetist

 


                          

Citation

Cobb, James P., “HCPCS Code,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/230385.