âAledadeâs growth in such a short amount of time demonstrates that there is a real thirst for a new model of primary care, one that empowers physicians to succeed,â Farzad Mostashari, M.D., CEO and co-founder of Aledade and former National Coordinator for Health IT, said in a statement.
If a splint is applied, then the appropriate code for the splint application should be reported, CPT codes 29105â29131, 29505â29515. In addition, AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS, fourth quarter 2007, p. 5, advises the following for âApplication of air castâ providers:
CMS looked at the established CPT codes and decided that they didnât need to improve upon or vary those codes, so instead they folded all of CPT into HCPCS. To clarify: if you are coding, say, the placement of a tracheal stent for an elderly patient who is on Medicare, you would still use the CPT code 31631.