Orthopedic Coding Alert

Reader Question:

Connect Dislocation Coding to Graft Question

Question: The provider performed open treatment of a sternoclavicular dislocation. How should I report this surgery?

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Answer: It depends on whether the surgery was accompanied by a myofascial graft. Go back and check the notes; then choose one of these codes for the surgery:

  • 23530 (Open treatment of sternoclavicular dislocation, acute or chronic)
  • 23532 (… with fascial graft (includes obtaining graft)).


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