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Crutch Billing
We are a small privately owned medical facility and I am wondering about billing for crutches. We pay $50.00 a pair for them and most of the insurance companies won't pay us near that amount. Is there something we are missing, like a Q code or something - we are using the code E0114.
re: Crutch Billing
http://www.medicarenhic.com/dme/medical_review/mr_lcds/mr_lcd_current/L11496_2011-02-04_PA_2009-07.pdf
crutches: medically necessary durable medical equipment (DME) for members with conditions causing impaired ambulation, and there is a potential for ambulation.
No Q code. The supply is the appropriate E code.