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CPT® 27472, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 27472 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 repairs the nonunion or malunion of a femur fracture below the femur head and neck. He also obtains a graft from iliac bone or another site on the patient and uses the bone graft to reinforce the repair.

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Non Union Repair with IM Nail and Bone Graft
What would be the proper cot code(s) for a Repair of Non union of Femur with an Intermedullary Nail AND Bone Graft. I was thinking that as an 'inset' code the 27472 would cover both but Supercoder de... [ Read More ]
Repair of nonunion femur/treat graft site
I have a provider that is repairing a nonunion of a left femur. He is repairing the left femur using A cancellous autograft from the right femur. However, due to poor bone quality of the right femur a... [ Read More ]
Nonunion LT Femur repaired from graft RT
I have a provider that is repairing a nonunion of a left femur. He is repairing the left femur using A cancellous autograft from the right femur. However, due to poor bone quality of the right femur a... [ Read More ]
Repair of non-union proximal femur code???
Thank you for your reply. The physician used a graft, so would I use the 27472 twice? Once for the proximal and then one for the distal?... [ Read More ]
Repair of non-union proximal femur code???
Hi, I have a physician who repaired the non-union of the patient's proximal femur, distal femur and proximal tibia. I found the codes for the distal (27472) and the proximal tibia (27724) but I coul... [ Read More ]
27472 with bone substitute
The patient opted for a bone substitute (HydroSet) instead of an iliac autogenous bone graft. Since the autogenous portion of the procedure was not performed, per patient's request, should the procedu... [ Read More ]
Opinions Please...
Hello all, This patient had CPT 27472 done on 7/24/09. How would you code this? Thanks in advance! 27507-78= insertion of 2 bone bolts? Removal of hardware would be inclusive Wound Exploration/dra... [ Read More ]
Help w/op report-please
You might want to check the description of procedure code 27472. Hope this helps.... [ Read More ]
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