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Other Procedures on the Femur or Knee Joint CPT® Code range 27599- 27599

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Surgical Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint 27599-27599 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 27599- 27599
Section 27599-27599
Other Procedures on the Femur or Knee Joint
27599
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OPEN SCAR REVISION - KNEE
I need help with the above CPT . The physician will make an incision where prior surgery was and remove scar tissue from the knee. I'm thinking unlisted, 27599, with the comparison code of either 29... [ Read More ]
Knee manipulation under anesthesia
Our doctor document Regional anesthesia for the manipulation, do we need to code 27599 since there is not a code for regional anesthesia. This is a Medicare patient.... [ Read More ]
Hip fracture removal of implant, but new screws back in ...
[QUOTE="nickelclaw, post: 502672, member: 256517"] I found a CPT Assistant Novemeber 2015 page 10 for screw implant removal and replacement one month post op and suggests using unlisted. When I pathed... [ Read More ]
Hip fracture removal of implant, but new screws back in ...
I found a CPT Assistant Novemeber 2015 page 10 for screw implant removal and replacement one month post op and suggests using unlisted. When I pathed in encoder went with replacement, fixation, intern... [ Read More ]
Removal Osgood Schlatter deformity
HELP! I need a comparison code for the above. My physician and I have decided that this will be unlisted, 27599. However, he says there is really no good comparison code so I need suggestions. He te... [ Read More ]
Traumatic knee arthrotomy I & D code?
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 501554, member: 5404"] In my opinion, 27310 and 27331 are not supported since the physician did not perform an arthrotomy - the arthrotomy here was caused by the injury and i... [ Read More ]
Traumatic knee arthrotomy I & D code?
In my opinion, 27310 and 27331 are not supported since the physician did not perform an arthrotomy - the arthrotomy here was caused by the injury and isn't documented as a procedure performed by the p... [ Read More ]
Patellofemoral arthroplasty - I need advice
Coding Correction: Reporting Patellofemoral Arthroplasty With Trochlear Resurfacing CPT® Assistant February 2021 / Volume 31 Issue 2 In a question under the heading, “Surgery: Musculoskeletal Sys... [ Read More ]
HELP - CPT for total femur
Unlisted 27299 OR 27599? If so, would the comparison code be 27447 or 27130? Pt has a history of Right Total hip , I&D due to infection and then revision of the femoral stem. According the the xrays... [ Read More ]
perc pinning tibial plateau fracture
Here is what the op note states. "Attention was then directed to the tibial plateau. Appropriate AP and lateral fluoroscopic images were obtained for visualization of the fracture. In a percutaneous... [ Read More ]
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