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Hi, Just checking in on this....thanks!
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How would I code an excisional biopsy of cutaneous skin lesion from the right sternal area? Thanks!
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Please confirm from the pathology report, is the lesion benign or malignant? Choose 11400/11600 series as per the dimensions appropriately.
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Subtalar dislocation, talar body fracture"
1 would be 28585 (subtalar joint) and 28746 (tibiotalar joint), 2 would be 28465
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Subtalar dislocation, talar body fracture"
Hi, 28746 is showing up as an invalid code. Thanks.
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Revision labral repair"
How would I code a left hip arthroscopy with revision labral repair? Dx is recurrent tear of the left hip labrum. Thanks.
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Calcaneus Fracture"
How would I code ORIF of calcaneal fracture with tricortical allograft? Thanks!
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Chronic lateral epicondylitis"
How would I code: 1. Left lateral epicondyle release with partial lateral epicondyle ostectomy. 2. Left radial tunnel decompression (posterior interos
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Zone 2 extensor laceration"
How would I code: 1. Excision right base of small finger bony exostosis. 2. Delayed primary repair of right small finger extensor tendon. 3. Percutane
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Scar revision"
How would I code scar revision right ankle wound with hardware removal from right ankle lateral malleolus. Thanks!
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Stenosing tenosynovitis"
How would I code exploration right ring superficialis with excision of A1 pulley and radial slip of superficial tendon excision? Thanks!
View ArticleUser id : 33396 on "Cyst"
How would I code a left first dorsal compartment release and retinacular cyst excision? I know 25000 but am not sure what else. Thanks!
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It could be 25111 but I need to have a broader description for that. Thanks,
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Chronic lateral epicondylitis"
For the left radial tunnel decompression with posterior interosseous nerve neurolysis, you report code 64708 (Neuroplasty, major peripheral nerve, arm
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Zone 2 extensor laceration"
Code 26418 (Repair, extensor tendon, finger, primary or secondary; without free graft, each tendon) is for the repair of the extensor tendons. There i
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Calcaneus Fracture"
“Code 28415 (Open treatment of calcaneal fracture, includes internal fixation, when performed) is reported for open fracture treatment, under direct
View ArticleSuperCoder on "Revision labral repair"
There are two types of labral tears. A primary or type 1 tear occurs due to a fraying or detachment of the labrum from the rim of the acetabulum. A ty
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