20938

CPT^® 20938, Under General Grafts (or Implants) Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 20938 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - General Grafts (or Implants) Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System.

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The provider uses an autograft, a type of donor bone, to fill in bony defects as she performs a spinal surgery procedure. She extracts the autograft from the patient's own body during the surgical procedure, through a separate incision.

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Anterior cervical fusion

[QUOTE="Yamelis, post: 512832, member: 235217"] I would used 20931 to report the tricortical allograft. Below is some information from AAPC that can help you with spinal bone graft coding. [URL unfur... [ Read More ]

Anterior cervical fusion

I would used 20931 to report the tricortical allograft. Below is some information from AAPC that can help you with spinal bone graft coding. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aapc.com/blog/27799-spinal... [ Read More ]

Tibial Turn Up

Thanks for the information. I did not do any Orthopedic Oncology, particularly Pediatric Orthopedic Oncology, as a practitioner. This would be highly specialized surgery at a high level center. So,... [ Read More ]

Laminectomy with Onlay Fusion

You are correct that +20938 would not be correct since he did not harvest his graft from a separate site, nor was it a "structural graft." He used what is usually termed "Local Bone," i.e. derived/ha... [ Read More ]

Laminectomy with Onlay Fusion

[b]Bone Graft help[/b] It looks like the autograft wasn't really harvested, but was taken from bone removed during the laminectomy? I'm thinking 20938 couldn't be used for this, since it's not a sep... [ Read More ]

Laminectomy with Onlay Fusion

Yes, an "Onlay Graft" would be a method of effecting a spinal fusion/arthrodesis. The issues for this case are whether the bone graft used was taken from the patient, i.e. an Autograft, or was Bone B... [ Read More ]

Oral maxillofacial surgery cpt question

[b]Grafts (or Implants)[/b] Codes for obtaining autogenous (obtained from one's own body, self-generated) bone, cartilage, tendon, fascia lata grafts, or other tissues through separate skin/fascial i... [ Read More ]

How to code/bill BMA Injections

[b]BMA coding[/b] I hope this will help clarify the use of BMA for different procedures performed. Recommended CPT 0232T for the description you provided. This code includes administration. Codi... [ Read More ]

Cervical spinal fusion

[QUOTE="codermcdreamy, post: 404439, member: 260"]Hey there y'all! I'm having issues with a chart to code. Can anyone help me get both the PCS an the CPT from the following chart?: Patient is bein... [ Read More ]

Cervical spinal fusion

Hey there y'all! I'm having issues with a chart to code. Can anyone help me get both the PCS an the CPT from the following chart?: Patient is being seen for an open anterior cervical interbody fus... [ Read More ]

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