L-Codes for custom and pre-fab splints

[Guest guest]

Is anyone using L-codes to bill for custom and pre-fab hand splints?

We have reviewed the codes and the descriptions and find some of the

descriptions very vague. I was hoping to get feedback from others on

which codes are commonly being used in your clinics and for which

splints. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Thank You,

Nygaard

Rehab Manager

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

We use L-codes to bill both custom and pre-fab splints. The new code

definitions are much better than the older codes. They have done away with

multiple codes for one spint i.e. dynamic wrist extension splint. Let me know

what kind of splints you are making or using and I can tell you the codes which

would apply. Remember that the codes are separated by which body part they

support: elbow, wrist hand finger, hand only, finger only etc... ( fingers are

the same as thumb ) They are also separated by custom which includes

fabrication time and prefabrication.

Hope this helps!

Lori Libolt, OTR/L,CHT

ReBound ( formally Lynden Therapy Specialists )

Bellingham, WA

From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of

nygaardsabs

Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:21 PM

To: PTManager

Subject: L-Codes for custom and pre-fab splints

Is anyone using L-codes to bill for custom and pre-fab hand splints?

We have reviewed the codes and the descriptions and find some of the

descriptions very vague. I was hoping to get feedback from others on

which codes are commonly being used in your clinics and for which

splints. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Thank You,

Nygaard

Rehab Manager

[Guest guest]

Hi Lori,

Thank you for responding.  I made a list of splints we commonly provide and

fabricate and matched them with the L-codes that we thought were appropriate. 

Will you please review and let me know if I am on track or if use different

codes.  Thank you!

Nygaard

Rehab Manager

 

L3701 :  Pre-fab Aircast tennis elbow splint, elbow sleeve

L3702 : Custom static elbow only splint

L3762:  Pre-fab static elbow splint

L3763 : Custom Static ulnar neuropathy splint that includes the wrist, hand, and

elbow

L3764:  Custom Dynamic Elbow, Wrist, and Hand splint with hinge

L3806 : Custom Dynamic Radial nerve splint, Flexion Block Splint, Dynamic Tendon

            Laceration splints

L3808 : Custom resting hand splint

L3906:  Custom Static wrist cock up splint

L3908 : Pre-fab wrist cock up splint

L3911:  Pre-fab neoprene thumb spica splint,  comfort cool splints, edema glove

(?)

L3912:  Pre-fab Finger flexion glove with rubber bands

L3913:  Custom hand based opponens splint, Any custom static hand finger splints

L3921:  Custom Dynamic Finger flexion splints

L3923:  Pre-fab hand/finger static splints, Ulnar drift splints, Ulnar nerve

static splints

L3925 : LMB spring splints

L3927 : Pre-fab ring splints, stack splints, oval 8 splints

L3933:  Custom static finger only gutter splints.

Subject: RE: L-Codes for custom and pre-fab splints

To: " PTManager " <PTManager >

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 7:10 PM

Hi ,

We use L-codes to bill both custom and pre-fab splints. The new code definitions

are much better than the older codes. They have done away with multiple codes

for one spint i.e. dynamic wrist extension splint. Let me know what kind of

splints you are making or using and I can tell you the codes which would apply.

Remember that the codes are separated by which body part they support: elbow,

wrist hand finger, hand only, finger only etc... ( fingers are the same as thumb

) They are also separated by custom which includes fabrication time and

prefabrication.

Hope this helps!

Lori Libolt, OTR/L,CHT

ReBound ( formally Lynden Therapy Specialists )

Bellingham, WA

From: PTManager@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:PTManager@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf

Of nygaardsabs

Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:21 PM

To: PTManager@yahoogrou ps.com

Subject: L-Codes for custom and pre-fab splints

Is anyone using L-codes to bill for custom and pre-fab hand splints?

We have reviewed the codes and the descriptions and find some of the

descriptions very vague. I was hoping to get feedback from others on

which codes are commonly being used in your clinics and for which

splints. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Thank You,

Nygaard

Rehab Manager