CPT^® 25545, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Forearm and Wrist

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 25545 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 ulna, one of the bones in the forearm, in an open procedure. He makes an incision to realign the bones and may apply hardware to stabilize it.

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Place of Occurrence

Hello, I'm an Educator for Outpatient facility coding and need some feedback on interpreting POO guideline ch 20.b ...POO is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment... We code for ... [ Read More ]

ORIF D. Radius and D. Ulna fx code help

This is old but has good info: [URL]https://www.aapc.com/discuss/threads/cpt-orif-distal-ulna-metaphyseal-fracture.148312/[/URL] Did you check CPT Assistant? You might be able to use the 25545. I th... [ Read More ]

25575 or 25607 and 25545

Patient has both a distal radius fracture and a distal ulna fracture that need to be repair. My physician is asking whether to code 25607 and 25545 or just the one CPT 25575. I'm feeling like the two... [ Read More ]

Closed Treatment Distal Ulnar Fracture closed fracture care fracture care ulnar

I am searching for Closed Treatment of Distal Ulnar Fracture. Neither the Radius nor the Ulnar Styloid are mentioned. The physician coded 25545 (Open treatment Ulnar Shaft) and S52.691A for other frac... [ Read More ]

Both bone forearm percutaneous pinning

Code description states... includes internal fixation "when performed". So ORIF is not necessary. PP is a temporary form of ORIF (Speaking broadly), I would consider 25545-52.... [ Read More ]

Both bone forearm percutaneous pinning

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Fracture treatment - new or non-union? fracture

So I'm confused on this one. The Doctor is treating patient for the first time but patient has a non-union and a new fracture on the same bone. Debating between 25405 or 25545 for the procedure and wh... [ Read More ]

CPT for revised hardware for 25545 ORIF Ulnar Open Fracture w/current infection

Any suggestions to the following would be greatly appreciated, Surgeon performed incision and debridement of a post surgical wound (from infection) to the fracture site (global period) with loose scr... [ Read More ]

CPT ORIF distal Ulna (metaphyseal) fracture

Fractures of the Distal Radius can and do occur in isolation, but an associated fracture of the Distal Ulna is very common, probably 99.0% involve the Ulnar Styloid, which can be displaced or non-disp... [ 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 ]

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