A patient with Parkinson's has sialorrhea. The physician administers an injection of atropine bilaterally into a total of four submandibular salivary glands.
What CPT® coding is reported?
A patient with Parkinson's has sialorrhea. The physician administers an injection of atropine bilaterally into a total of four submandibular salivary glands.
What CPT® coding is reported?
The answer is C. Page 495 of CPT 2024 says to use modifier 52 if you have fewer than 4 salivary glands are injected.
A is correct because the report stated that a total of four submandibular salivary glands are injected not fewer than four
B USED FOR CHEMODENERVATION OF TH ESALIVARY GLAND BOTOX. FOR SIARRHEA TREATMENT. MODIFIER 50 INDICTATES A BILATERAL PROCEDURE ON BOTH SIDES LEFT AND RIGHT
Google results say that the answer is A. The "-50" is mostly redundant.
CHANGE TO A c is only if less than 4 salivary glands. no modifier needed