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SuperCoder on "Exostectomy"

28122 28120 respectively.

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SuperCoder on "Palmar Tenosynovitis"

26525 26525-59 26145 26145-59

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SuperCoder on "Status post ORIF tibial plateau fracture"

11044 11047 depending upon the size.

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SuperCoder on "Wrist Procedure"

20605-59 For the excision of the pisiform bone in the left wrist, you report code 25210 (Carpectomy; 1 bone) as the pisiform is one of the carpal bone

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User id : 33396 on "Status post tibiotalar, calcaneal fusion"

How would I code: 1.Fifth metatarsal plantar condylectomy, left. 2.Evaluation of fusion under fluoroscopy, left. Thanks!

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User id : 71618 on "Radical femur excision"

Our surgeon did a total femur replacement with a total knee arthroplasty and a revision of a total hip arthroplasty femoral component only. We have co

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User id : 33396 on "Ostectomy"

How would I code a plantar ostectomy, base of the fifth metatarsal, with callus debridement? Thanks.

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User id : 33396 on "Saucerization"

Hi! How would I code: 1. Knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy/saucerization of lateral meniscus and lateral meniscus repair. 2. Knee arthroscopic loose

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User id : 33396 on "Knee Laceration"

What CPT code(s) would I use for knee laceration irrigation and debridement and closure of 12 cm laceration? I was looking at possibly 11011 or 11043

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User id : 33396 on "Knee Procedure"

What CPT codes would I use for the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Right knee hypertrophic medial and suprapatellar plica. 2.Grade 2 chondromalacia, inferior

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User id : 33396 on "Laceration status post TKA"

Hi! What CPT codes would I use for the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Complex, traumatic laceration of the right knee previously healed surgical wound, 10 cm

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User id : 33396 on "Distal Fibula Fracture"

How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Weber C fracture of the left distal fibula. 2.Left ankle syndesmotic disruption. 3.Left ankle tibiotalar

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SuperCoder on "Status post tibiotalar, calcaneal fusion"

28288 76000

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SuperCoder on "Radical femur excision"

There is no official guidance from the AMA or AAOS that I am aware of for reporting this type of complex reconstruction. The reporting methodology you

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SuperCoder on "Radical femur excision"

There is no official guidance from the AMA or AAOS that I am aware of for reporting this type of complex reconstruction. The reporting methodology

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SuperCoder on "Saucerization"

29882 only. Code 29874 is a column 2 code for 29882, These codes cannot be billed together in any circumstances.

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SuperCoder on "Knee Procedure"

Only 29875 for plica excision. Chondroplasty and scar revision represents 29877 Code 29877 is a column 2 code for 29875, These codes cannot be billed

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SuperCoder on "Knee Laceration"

11043 is the correct choice.

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SuperCoder on "Ostectomy"

You report code 28122 (Partial excision [craterization, saucerization, sequestrectomy, or diaphysectomy] bone [e.g., osteomyelitis or bossing]; tarsal

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SuperCoder on "Distal Fibula Fracture"

27792 27829 Open reduction of the lateral tibiotalar subluxation, left. If sep incision is there code it to 27846/27848 with modifier 59

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