CPT^® 26593, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 26593 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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In this procedure, the provider releases an intrinsic muscle of the hand from adhesions formed along the surface of a tendon after injury or repair. Intrinsic muscles of the hand include thenar or thumb muscles, hypothenar or little finger muscles, interossei muscles originating from the metacarpal bones, and the lumbrical muscles originating from the finger and hand tendons.

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[QUOTE="miller9499, post: 78328, member: 15594"]My doctor is a hand specialist. He did an ORIF of a dislocated metacarpal phalangeal joint. He also did a reconstruction of the ulnar and radial sagit... [ Read More ]

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