CPT^® 23616, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Shoulder

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 23616 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Shoulder.

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In this procedure, the provider performs an open treatment of a surgical or anatomical neck fracture of the upper end of the humerus. He may or may not use internal fixation implants such as pins or screws to fix the fracture. Also, he may repair the tubercles, or the rounded projections on the upper end of the humerus along with the prosthetic replacement of the humeral head.

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Total Joint Replacement

Wanting to know if the following CPT codes are considered Total Joint Replacements: 23616-not a total joint replacement-Open treatment of proximal humeral (surgical or anatomical neck) fracture, inc... [ Read More ]

Proximal humeral malunion/nonunion

[LIST] [*]23616 = doesn't necessarily mean "acute fracture." [I][SIZE=3](The anatomical neck is the portion of the humerus that separates the greater and lesser tubercles from the humeral head, or the... [ Read More ]

Proximal humeral malunion/nonunion

Hi all - Recently I have come along a couple of situations where the provider is taking a patient to surgery for a hemi-arthroplasty due to malunion or nonunion. Provider wants to bill 23616, however... [ Read More ]

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty treatment for complex fracture of proximal humeru

[b]A reverse is a total[/b] It sounds like from reading the description of 23616 that that code only involves repairing or replacing one component, the humeral component. If the patient is truly rec... [ Read More ]

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty treatment for complex fracture of proximal humeru

[b]Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty treatment for complex fracture of proximal humer[/b] [QUOTE="CCANTER, post: 450800, member: 374680"]I am second guessing myself for the CPT code for a reverse t... [ Read More ]

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty treatment for complex fracture of proximal humeru

I am second guessing myself for the CPT code for a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty treatment for complex fracture of right proximal humerus. I was going to use CPT code 23472. However now I am w... [ Read More ]

Periprosthetic Humerus Fracture

More detail of where the fracture is located on the humerus would help. Did the physician replace any existing internal fixation? Ultimately I would go with location of the fracture on the humerus and... [ Read More ]

Four part fracture humeral head

[b]four-part humeral acture[/b] If the prosthesis was placed for the fracture then you are to use 23616. The repair as noted by the code description includes repair of either or both tuberosity.... [ Read More ]

Four part fracture humeral head

Procedure: Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty Should I code CPT 23470 or CPT 23616 Briefly, Humeral Head was placed in. Operative note also states "Repair of lesser tuberosity and greater tuberosity to t... [ Read More ]

Reverse total shoulder with repair of greater and lesser tuberosities fx

[b]Open Treatment of Proximal Humerus Fracture[/b] From your query, it appears that your doctor was rendering Open Treatment of a Closed, Displaced, Comminuted 4 Part Fracture of the Proximal Humerus... [ Read More ]

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