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CPT® 26415, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 26415 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Hand and Fingers.

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The provider implants a rod into the tendon of the hand or finger to provide support until a tendon graft can be performed.

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PTP Edits
[QUOTE="adunlap79@southhills.edu, post: 514134, member: 824510"] Hello all! I need help with PTP edits. One of the physicians I work for tried to bill 26145 with 26055. According to the NCCI PTP edits... [ Read More ]
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Hello all! I need help with PTP edits. One of the physicians I work for tried to bill 26145 with 26055. According to the NCCI PTP edits, 26055 is included in 26415. However, it was given a 1 on the ch... [ Read More ]
Unbundling Question
[b]Tenosynovectomy would have to be performed on a different finger to report[/b] You are correct. 26415 bundles with 26055 and no amount of documentation can circumvent that. If you have access to... [ Read More ]
Please help! Tendon ruptures repair with carpal tunnel release flexor tendon orthopaedics synovectomy tendon repair wrist
I need help coding the following: I don't know if I should code 64721,26440 and 26415, one or the other or what quantity. Right carpal tunnel release, exploration flexor tendons in right palm, si... [ Read More ]
finger coding
Acutally instead of using mod 59, you need to use mod 51 for multi procedures. So your claim should look like this - 26415 x 2 - F6, 26415 x2 - mod 51 & F7. (This is depending how many tendons ar... [ Read More ]
"fowler" tenotomy for maller finger?
also described as a central slip tenotomy was looking at 26415 but am not sure please help... [ Read More ]
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