CPT^® 27488, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27488 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 surgically removes the total knee prosthesis by breaking the methylmethacrylate, a type of bone cement. He may or may not insert a spacer in the vacant space.

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Patellar component

I think the correct codes are 27488-LT and 27310-59-LT.... [ Read More ]

Total Joint Replacement

Wanting to know if the following CPT codes are considered Total Joint Replacements: 23616-not a total joint replacement-Open treatment of proximal humeral (surgical or anatomical neck) fracture, inc... [ Read More ]

Can 27334,59 be bill with 27488

below is part of the op note. Thanks for any advice. [ATTACH type="full"]5912[/ATTACH]... [ Read More ]

Place antiobiotic spacer hand

I have a note that 11981 is if above fascia Consider looking into 20700-20705 note: these are add on codes Thinking if intra-articular would be 20700 (deep eg. subfasia) and removal would be 20701 Th... [ Read More ]

Total Joint Revisions orthopaedic total hip arthroplasty total knee arthroplasty

I just read the CPT Assistant September 2021 Volume 31 Issue 9 total joint revision scenarios. Am I reading this correctly that they now want first stage hip or knee revisions that use an articulatin... [ Read More ]

Revision Total knee (27487) "versus" Removal Knee prosthesis with insertion of temporary antibiotic prosthesis (27488), stage 1

Yes, total knee was done first. but over time the knee became infected because of the prosthesis. We removed the prosthesis 27488 (this is stage 1) and replaced it with an antibiotic spacer (implant t... [ Read More ]

Revision Total knee (27487) "versus" Removal Knee prosthesis with insertion of temporary antibiotic prosthesis (27488), stage 1

I am needing help choosing the correct code for stage 1, either 27487 Revision total knee arthroplasty femoral and entire tibial components. Or 27488 Removal of prosthesis including total knee prosthe... [ Read More ]

Infected Total Knee removal and knee fusion

What about 27488 & 11981 for the removal and placement of the spacer? Then when she goes back in to remove use 27447. Just some thoughts.... [ Read More ]

AETNA DENYING REMOVAL OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT

[QUOTE="Orthocoderpgu, post: 478007, member: 29238"] With this situation why is 27442 being billed? Not related. The code to remove the infected knee prosthesis and insert a spacer would be 27488. Fo... [ Read More ]

AETNA DENYING REMOVAL OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT

With this situation why is 27442 being billed? Not related. The code to remove the infected knee prosthesis and insert a spacer would be 27488. For me the use of modifier -22 twice is probably a red ... [ Read More ]

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