CPT^® 27220, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Pelvis and Hip Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27220 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Pelvis and Hip Joint.

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In this procedure, the provider performs a closed treatment of a fracture of the acetabulum, or hip socket. Treatment does not include manipulation, or adjustment, of the fractured bones.

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Hip fracture-help

Hi, I would bill them both. I don't see any CCI preventing it. The RVU for 27220 is higher so I would have listed it first on the claim then 27193 with a Modifier 51. What was your rejection?... [ Read More ]

Hip fracture-help

Are pubic ramus fracture and acetabulum fracture billable seperately ? They are both closed treatments. The codes I am using are 27193 and 27220. I do not find any CCI edits, however medicare is den... [ Read More ]

Closed treatment of acetabulum vs. ORIF

I am need of help. My senerio is there is a physician on call and has a patient come into the hospital with a acetabulum fx. the doctor tells us to charge a closed treatment of an acetbulum fx w/o m... [ Read More ]

Bone Up on Orthopaedic Changes

Published August 2008 By Mary Brown, CPC The majority of the 2008 changes to the surgery chapter of CPT® can be found in the orthopaedic section. We saw 96 revisions, 24 new codes, and five deleted... [ Read More ]

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