Reader Query:
Double Check Documentation Before Using 28755 Blindly for Hammer/Mallet Toe Procedure
Published on Wed Nov 12, 2014
Question: Our physicianperformed hammer toe corrections on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th toes. The physician documentation states,“right great toe mallet deformity correction. I used a dorsal incision that was longitudinal over the great toe. I exposed the joint and removed some of the joint capsule and made an extensor tenotomy. I made a cut at the middle phalanx and distal phalanx, [...]