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Puzzle Out This Arthrodesis Scenario
Published on Thu Aug 18, 2022
Question: The patient came in for right tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint fusion, which I thought would be initially reported as 28740 (Arthrodesis, midtarsal or tarsometatarsal, single joint). However, my podiatrist then pinned/screwed the right first and second cuneiform bones together. According to the documentation, there was widening of the joint with stress under C-arm fluoroscopy. The patient had a hypermobile foot. Therefore, [...]