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Coding Partial Medial and Partial Lateral Meniscectomy in the same surgery

My provider performed a partial medial meniscectomy and a partial lateral meniscectomy in the same surgery. Coding Knees irritates me, because when doing a mensicectomy along with several other procedures, you can only code for the meniscectomy.
My question is – When coding for a partial medial meniscectomy and a partial lateral meniscectomy of the same knee – am I able to append a 22 modifier to 29881? OR do I code 29880 vs 29881? My thought is to use 29881 since it is a partial, but 29881 is for Medial OR Lateral – and 29880 if for BOTH Medial and Lateral – but with a partial for both – how would I code this? Would it possibly be 29880-52? Since it was partial for both medial and lateral?
I am still fairly new with my CPC and have been pondering this with the last few surgeries I have coded and want to be sure I am coding this correctly.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

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67950 Medial and Lateral

Can anyone offer advice on how to code 67950 Canthoplasty if the physician performs this on both the medial and lateral canthus of the same eye (inner and outer corner). I can’t find any information about whether this code is one unit per eye, or if there are modifiers that allow me to bill more than one unit. For now, I have been billing one unit per eye without any modifiers or codes to indicate an additional corner of the eye.

Any advice or resources is appreciated!
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Billing Medial Branch RFA for only Level L3 & L5 (L4 was aborted)

I am in disagreement with my pain management provider regarding a planned L3/L4/L5 Medial Branch RFA. L4 continued to produce dermatomal radiation & was aborted. It was decided to proceed with L3/L5 RFA. My provider insists this would constitute ONE level. I disagreed, stating the Facet Joints at L3/L4 & L4/L5 were only partially denervated. My thought was it should be billed as 64635-52, and 64636-52 (reduced services because each joint at each level was only partially denervated). Any input would be so appreciated. Thank you!!

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