Podiatrist’s Guide to billing Low Dye taping and other tapings

Low Dye tapings are a common procedure performed by Podiatrists. This is a guide on how to bill Low Dye Taping and other Podiatrist tapings that are done.

This last question the coding expert states that if a Low Dye taping is combined with an injection, it is covered by the injection code and -59 modifier should not be used unless the taping is done on the contra lateral foot:

http://health-information.advanceweb.com/Article/Coding-QA-Ask-the-Experts-93003.aspx

Here is a guide on the codes for all strappings 29540 for foot 29550 for toes:

http://www.theratape.com/education-center/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SpiderTech_Billing_Codes_Guide.pdf

Here is a how to on how to bill a cortisone injection with a Low Dye taping for Plantar Fasciitis: (its complicated so read the link)

http://www.supercoder.com/coding-newsletters/my-part-b-coding-alert/podiatry-tread-carefully-when-reporting-ankle-foot-strapping-article

Here is another coding index on strapping billing:

http://moneytreebillingllc.com/2012/11/14/code-of-the-month-29200-29584-and-29799/