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Changes in Bypass Payment Edits (3-days and 1-day) For Donor Post-Kidney Transplant
The MACs to implement logic that ensures they bypass payment window edits (3-days and 1-day) when processing claims for donor post-kidney transplant complications services. MACs will hold certain claims, as noted below, until Medicare’s Common Working File (CWF) system edits these claims correctly.
3-Day Payment Window Edits:
- 7109: Outpatient Diagnostic Service against Inpatient in history
- 7113: Inpatient against Outpatient Diagnostic Service in history
- 7114: Outpatient Therapeutic Service against Inpatient in history
- 7115: Inpatient against Outpatient Therapeutic Service
1-Day Payment Window Edits:
- 7119: Outpatient Diagnostic Services against Inpatient in history
- 7120: Inpatient against Outpatient Diagnostic Services in history
- 7121: Outpatient Therapeutic Services against Inpatient in history
- 7122: Inpatient against Outpatient Therapeutic Services in history
Select split or ful thickness graft based on donor site or recipient site?
For ex., full thickness graft from thigh (donor)to repair defect on face (recipient).
NEED HELP Quick!g donor complications from transplant procedure
I have researched until I blue in the face and no definitive answer which I need! If a living donor is having complications from the transplant surgery how would code the complications? Would it be T86.19 other complication of kidney transplant or would it be T81.9XXA for unspecified complication of procedure? My initial thought was that the T86.19 was recipient specific but then I was thinking if we bill all charges for the donor under the recipient using the Q3 modifier that we would use the T86.19 showing it was a complication from the transplant surgery and the Q3 is what directs them to know that the donor is having the complications but I may be overthinking it. I just need a definitive answer. Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated!