CPT^® 24115, Under Excision Procedures on the Humerus (Upper Arm) and Elbow

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 24115 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Humerus (Upper Arm) and Elbow.

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In this procedure,the provider excises or removes a bone cyst or noncancerous tumor from the humerus, a bone in the arm. The provider then removes a part of a bone in the humerus on which the tumor or cyst has grown on and then fills the defect with grafting material he harvests from the patient.

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Help Please.... Excision of Elbow Mass CPT or Excision/Curettage of Bone Cyst CPT?

I agree that this should be coded as CPT 24116. The CPT lay description for 24116 is: [QUOTE]A bone cyst or benign tumor of the humerus is removed. The physician makes an incision in the upper arm ... [ Read More ]

24110 vs. 24116 vs. 24999

[b]24115-62 ?[/b] I'm NOT an expert (or even much of a novice) on Ortho coding ... but you say - Then Dr. #1 "prepared a fresh osteochondral graft from a glenoid socket" - Isn't this an autograft? ... [ Read More ]

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