Q/A: Billing for open but unused supplies
APCs Weekly Monitor, September 11, 2009
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- Implant has been inserted and then removed
- Implant insertion attempted but unsuccessful during a patient procedure
- Implant has not been in contact with the patient
- Implant was opened, contaminated, or the wrong size, but was not used
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