CPT^® 27416, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27416 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint.

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In this procedure, the provider harvests, or obtains, small circular bone grafts from a non–weight bearing area of the joint that has a cartilage covering. He then transfers them to another area in the body to repair the damaged articular cartilage. This procedure is also known as mosaicplasty. The provider most commonly obtains grafts from non–weight bearing areas of femoral condyles.

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[QUOTE="cclarson, post: 490728, member: 605894"] Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to code the fixation of an osteochondral defect. Normally I would go for 27415 or 27416, but neither an al... [ Read More ]

Open Osteochondral Defect Fixation?

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Pf arthroplasty to tka

Good morning! I would like some input on the above procedure-I'm leaning towards 27487-52. The doc also performed patellar autologous bone grafting-the code he selected is 27416 however what is throwi... [ Read More ]

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29877 and?

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