CPT^® 25107, Under Excision Procedures on the Forearm and Wrist

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 25107 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Forearm and Wrist.

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In this procedure the provider makes an incision to expose the wrist joint and treat the triangular cartilage using sutures or by debridement, typically in patients with cartilage damage due to injury or degenerative diseases.

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Wrist scope debridement, open TFCC repair and open ulnar styloid nonunion excision..

Any advice on how to code this? I have 29846 for the joint debridement. Was looking at 25107 & 25240 for the TFCC repair & ulna styloid nonunion excision... feels like I am over coding though. Any opi... [ Read More ]

25107 vs 25337

I don't see these codes as being interchangeable. 25337 is treating wrist instability, specifically the distal joints via any number of soft tissue procedures. For this procedure your diagnosis is goi... [ Read More ]

25107 vs 25337

We have used both of the above for TFCC open repairs. I never know which one is appropriate. The only thing I can figure out is that 25337 would be appropriate depending on how old the injury is an... [ Read More ]

Scope repair lunotriquetral ligament tear

I need help with the above CPT? Actually the pt has both a TFCC tear and the above tear. The TFCC repair was done open (25107) and the triquetral tear was done through scope utilizing 2 K-wires. Wou... [ Read More ]

Open repair of TFCC

[b]Tfcc repair[/b] Cpt Code 25107 is specifically for Arthrotomy, distal radioulnar joint including repair of triangular cartilage, complex :)... [ Read More ]

Wrist: TFC Repair

25107, open procedure - incisions were made. Once you start a procedure arthroscopically then open to complete the procedure it is an open procedure code and your 2ndry diagnosis would be V64.43 - ar... [ Read More ]

Wrist: TFC Repair

Need help me coding TFC Repair which was done arthroscopically and open. Don't know if it should be 25107, 29844 or 29846, 29844-59... Here's the op report: [I]POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Right wrist... [ Read More ]

Arthroscopy wrist with mini-open triangular fibrocartilage

I had a question: if a physician does a wrist arthroscopy with synovectomy 29844 then he opens & repairs the triangular fibrocartilage tear but uses an anchor & sutures would you use the 25107 or the... [ Read More ]

wrist bundling

Hello all, rt wrist arthroscopy w/ synovectomy (dorsal ulnocarpal and midcarpal) 29844 and scapholunate ligament debridment with thermal shrinkage, TFC debridment 29846 ECU sheath incision w/ tenosy... [ Read More ]

Excision vicker's ligament wrist

I am afraid to say that both are NOT appropriate for these procedures: Procedures done are : [B]Excision Vicker's ligament + Epiphysiolysis of fused physis with fat graft [/B]. We have to go to assi... [ Read More ]

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