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User id : 15080 on "CPT codes for open exploration of RC and arthroscopic SAD"

Our doc did and shoulder scope with SAD and then did an open exploration of the RC w/o repair..which codes should I use?

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SuperCoder on "99358"

Yes, 99358 is the correct code for prolonged evaluation and management service before and/or after direct patient care; first hour without direct pati

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SuperCoder on "CPT codes for open exploration of RC and arthroscopic SAD"

If the subacromial decompression is the only procedure and no rotator cuff repair was performed, then the code billed would be for limited debridement

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User id : 77689 on "2-Stage Surgery"

My surgeon did a 2-stage surgery, but dictated 1 op note. I would like to enter the 2 surgeries on 2 claims because I would like to be able to use mor

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User id : 11516 on "Trigger finger & exc mass"

Left ring finger trigger release 26055 and exc mass flexor tendon sheath same finger using a Bruner incision. These codes are bundled, wasn't sure if

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SuperCoder on "Trigger finger & exc mass"

26160- Excision of lesion of tendon sheath or joint capsule (eg, cyst, mucous cyst, or ganglion), hand or finger and 26055- tendon sheath incision (eg

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User id : 82474 on "lack of opposition"

can you help with finding a cpt code for Palmaris longus opposition transfer? thank you

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User id : 33396 on "PIP contracture"

How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Left small finger posttraumatic PIP contracture. 2.Palmar fibromatosis cord, volar radial base of small f

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User id : 33396 on "Labral Tear"

How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Tear of the anterior shoulder labrum with left shoulder anterior instability. 2.Posterior labral tear wit

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User id : 33396 on "Forearm Procedure"

How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: Right forearm posttraumatic pain with symptomatic, retained plate and distal radioulnar joint arthrosis.

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SuperCoder on "Forearm Procedure"

ICD-9-CM codes: 1. ICD-9 code 338.21 for Right forearm posttraumatic pain with symptomatic. 2. ICD-9 code 728.85 for contracture and bowstringing FCR

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SuperCoder on "lack of opposition"

Hi there is no as such code for this procedure. You can use CPT code 26480 (Tendon transplantation or transfer, carpometacarpal area or dorsum of hand

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SuperCoder on "PIP contracture"

ICD-9-CM codes: 1. ICD-9 code 728.6. CPT codes: 1. CPT code 26035 with -F4 modifier for Left small finger PIP contracture release. 2. CPT code 26210 w

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SuperCoder on "Labral Tear"

CPT: 23455-LT 29807-LT ICD: 840.7 718.81

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User id : 33396 on "Carpal/Radial Tunnel"

How would I code the following (other than the 64721): DIAGNOSIS: 1.Right carpal tunnel syndrome. 2.Right lateral epicondylitis. 3.Right radial tunne

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User id : 33396 on "Thumb Procedure"

How would I code the following (other than the 26055): DIAGNOSIS: 1.Right thumb arthralgia with instability at MCP level. 2.Recent onset, right thumb

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SuperCoder on "Carpal/Radial Tunnel"

ICD-9 codes: 1. ICD-9 code 354.0 for Right carpal tunnel syndrome. 2. ICD-9 code 726.32 for Right lateral epicondylitis. 3. ICD-9 code 354.3 for Right

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SuperCoder on "Thumb Procedure"

Reconstruction of collateral ligament can be coded as CPT 26541 if reconstructed with tendon or fascial graft, CPT 26542 if reconstructed with local t

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User id : 76198 on "total knee arthroplasty with autogenous bone graft"

I am coding a total knee arthroplasty. (27447) This patient has a large bone cyst that the physician removed from the medial femoral condyle. The phys

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User id : 33396 on "Nail Bed Laceration"

How would I code the following: DIAGNOSIS: 1.Left index finger nail bed laceration. 2.Left index finger open incomplete distal phalanx fracture. 3.Lef

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