Question

Mrs. Jones had an arthroscopic shoulder procedure on 7/8/15. Her physician performed a subacromial decompression. The coder assigned CPT 29826 to the encounter. The bill dropped on 7/12/15. On 7/22/15, the patient accounting department was processing the latest remittance advice and remark code N122 was attributed to the CPT code for this claim. (You will need to locate remark codes to determine what this particular one signifies.)

You will need to do the following:

Determine what the remittance advice remark code (RARC) N122 signifies.

Determine the steps needed to correct the claim.

Cite any resources you use (Hint: think CPT!)

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