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Published on Thu Dec 07, 2023

Question: A 29-year-old female patient presented with a nonunion closed fracture of the lower end of her left tibia. The surgeon performed a tibial plateau repair with an autograft from the lower one-third of the femur using a separate incision to obtain the graft. The surgeon reported 27724. What are the ASA CROSSWALK® code selections for 27724, and what is the [...]
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