CPT^® 27766, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Leg (Tibia and Fibula) and Ankle Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27766 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Leg (Tibia and Fibula) and Ankle Joint.

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The provider treats a fracture of the medial malleolus through an open incision, with placement of screws and plates. He performs the procedure to keep the fracture in alignment and prevent displacement while the fracture heals and to relieve pain.

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27766??

I'm new to Ortho coding (and fairly new to coding in general) and would like some feedback on CPT code 27766 (open tx of medial malleolus fx), please. The op report states once the doctor was in the a... [ Read More ]

Revision open reduction and internal fixation of the medial malleous

In a sense, this is more of a "repeat" ORIF of the Medial Malleolus Fracture for loss/failure of fixation than a "revision." This would be 27766: Open treatment of medial malleolus fracture with inte... [ Read More ]

ORIF of the left posterior distal tibia, and the left distal fibular shaft fibula orif posterior malleolar tibial fracture

[B]Can someone help me with the CPT codes for this surgery?[/B] Preoperative Diagnosis: FX distal left ankle with displaced FX distal third of fibula shaft and large displaced posterior malleolar FX ... [ Read More ]

OPEN reduction with Percutaneous pinning medial malleolus medial malleolus open fracture percutaneous

I don't know if I'm overthinking this too much. I'd appreciate some feedback. Ortho attempted closed reduction with perc pinning, but was unable to get the fracture to reduce and felt a periosteum was... [ Read More ]

Percutaneous screw fixation with partially threaded cannulated cancellous screws X 2

HI, I work at a pediatric specialty hospital. My doctor is a pedi orthopaedic. He did a surgery for a nonunion of the right medial malleolus. Here is part of the operative report. "created a 1-inch ... [ Read More ]

1st problem as CPC

I got the news this morning. I passed, yeah! They must have saved this for me today. Dr has performed a "nonunion take down"; repeat ORIF; bone biospy; OP1 and bone graft. I am having trouble unders... [ Read More ]

Need ankle expert please!! unsure on this??

1. Rt ankle arthroscopy w/synovectomy- either inclusive to #2 or 29895 2. Arthroscopic distal tibial bone spur excision- 29894 3. medial malleolar osteotomy w/ repair- 28302 ? or 27766 or both? 4. ope... [ Read More ]

pinning distal malleolus fracture

You can go with 27762 -22 or 27766 -52. I tend to lean more towards the orif w/52 as your op report will probably better support that rather then the 22 modifier. Hope this helps. :)... [ Read More ]

Question: 20694 & 11044 being bundled?

Our surgeon performed the following surgery including the removal of a previous fixation device (20694) and removal of mulitple loose bodies (11044) during the same operative session. These two codes... [ Read More ]

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