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Tenotomies:

Thwart Potential Claim Disasters by Following This Tenotomy Advice

Published on Tue Feb 05, 2019

Look to 28010, 28011 for percutaneous tenotomies. According to your podiatrist’s medical documentation, the patient has a reducible hammertoe with all soft tissue and no bone involvement. The podiatrist performs surgery to correct it. Do you know whether you should report an inclusive hammertoe code or just a tenotomy code for this service? Read on to learn more and to [...]
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