When I clip a frenulum, I code for both "ankyloglossia" and "feeding
difficulty"as diagnoses for baby, and "fenotomy" as procedure code.
Haven't had one rejected yet.
Becky Saenz, MD, IBCLC

At 03:47 PM 02/22/2000 EST, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Those of you who have physicians who clip baby's frenulums, do you know what
>code is used to get re-imbursed?  Most of the time, he doesn't have any
>problems
>but the last one was rejected and he's not sure why.  He feels he doesn't
have
>enough research to back up what he should write when it is refused.  He has
>no problem doing them and our results have been very positive.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Tammy Arbeter - [log in to unmask]
>
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