CPT^® 25515, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Forearm and Wrist

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 25515 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Forearm and Wrist.

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The provider treats a fracture of the shaft of the radius, one of the bones in the forearm, in an open procedure. He accesses the fracture through an incision in the forearm. He applies hardware, if needed, to stabilize the fracture while it heals.

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Radial Shaft Fracture w/ Galeazzi Variant CPT

[QUOTE="Orthocoderpgu, post: 483929, member: 29238"] There is no documentation that the DRUJ was reduced, so I would exclude 25525 from consideration. However you may want to query the physician and d... [ Read More ]

Radial Shaft Fracture w/ Galeazzi Variant CPT

There is no documentation that the DRUJ was reduced, so I would exclude 25525 from consideration. However you may want to query the physician and double check if the DRUJ was reduced or not. If yes an... [ Read More ]

Radial Shaft Fracture w/ Galeazzi Variant CPT 25515 25525 galeazzi radial shaft fracture

Hello Everyone, I wasn't sure whether this particular instance is better described as [B]25515 or 22525[/B]. No percutaneous fixation was performed so I'm not sure if 25525 qualifies, but there is a G... [ Read More ]

Wrist Tenosynovectomy Extensors AND Flexors

25515 & 25516 don't hit an edit. I can see the need for two separate incisions. A volar incision would be made for the flexor tendons and a dorsal incision for the extensor tendons. They do hit an edi... [ Read More ]

Open Treatment

[b]Cpt[/b] Open treatment is a common terminology for C.P.T. which I am not familiar with, sorry for my mistake, Open treatment is the same with open reduction. "PCS only coder" this can be use on bo... [ Read More ]

Radius/ulna shaft fx radius radius/ulna reduction shaft ulna

Please help. I need advice on what would be best way to report the followng: Pt had radius/ulna shaft fx, md tried closed reduction w/manipulation on radius and ulna, reduction on radius failed but ul... [ Read More ]

External Fixator in the OR

Put this thru the Encoder just for grins: 25515 - Open treatment of radial shaft fracture, includes internal fixation, when performed 20690 - Application of a uniplane, unilateral, external fixation ... [ Read More ]

Need help with a coding question

My physicians and I are disagreeing with the way this surgery should be coded. The procedure is an ORIF of the midshaft radius and ulna. I have 2 physicians as co-surgeons. One physician performed the... [ Read More ]

hardware removal

my hand specialists performed a open treatment of radial shaft fracture (25515) and a wrist darrach (25240) on a patient in January, the Dr. went back in March to remove the hardware,should the remova... [ Read More ]

X-rays after surgery, global?

Hello all, We're kinda going back and forth on this, not sure what the specific guidelines are, if any for this situation. The provider performed an ORIF on a radial shaft fracture (25515). Now, du... [ Read More ]

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