HCPCS Code
Cobb, James P.
Description
Collection
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
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 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/230385.
