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Pay Attention to How Many Times to Report 27695
Published on Tue Feb 16, 2021
Question: My podiatrist performed a primary ankle collateral ligament repair. In the medical documentation, he indicated that he made five incisions to repair this one ligament. My colleague and I agree that we should report 27695 on the claim, but we can’t agree how many times we should report the code. I say only once because although the podiatrist made [...]