Surgeon included insurance codes that don’t apply to me
I was looking up something in my podiatrist's portal, and happened to notice a very long and confusing list of codes used when his office filed for my MTP joint replacement surgery and for another follow-up appointment. I pasted the list below in case it helps clarify things.
I haven't been diagnosed with anything but the Hallux Rigidus and bone spur. He mentioned my hammertoes in one appointment, so I can see how that might be in my file, and another doctor diagnosed me with plantar fasciitis years ago (it got better), but the congenital equinus, amputations, tumor, and fractures don't make sense – I've never had any of those things. Maybe I have bunions, but it never came up in our appointments.
Is there a different way to interpret this list (pasted below) that makes sense for the joint replacement and bone spur correction surgery I had, or is my surgeon scamming my insurance company and putting things into my medical record that aren't accurate? I could understand accidentally including one code that doesn't apply to me, but I count six I know I've never had, and four that maybe I have, but we didn't discuss them and he didn't treat me for them.
Post-op Foot Surgery, Left (Z47.89)
Bunion, Left (M21.612)
Hammertoe, Left (M20.42)
Morton's Neuroma, Left (G57.62)
Tailor's Bunion, Left (M21.622)
Hallux Rigidus, Left (M20.22)
Plantar Fasciitis, Left (M72.2)
Calcaneal Spur, Left (M77.32)
Equinus, Congenital (Q66.89)
Toe Amputation (Traumatic) (S98.119A)
Post-op Foot Transmetatarsal Amputation (Z47.81)
Benign Soft Tissue Tumor, Lower Limb (D21.20)
Fracture, Ankle, Closed (S82.899A)
Fracture, Foot, Closed (S92.909A)
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