CPT^® 27842, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Leg (Tibia and Fibula) and Ankle Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27842 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 an ankle dislocation without surgically opening the site of dislocation and with the use of anesthesia for the patient. If the provider applies percutaneous skeletal fixation, this code includes that service.

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Percutaneous pinning medial malleolus - CPT?

I believe I'm going to have to go with unlisted but wanted some other opinions. Operative report is attached. It does state that IM nailing but isn't an incision made to implant that? This op note l... [ Read More ]

Bimalleolar fracture dislocation

Patient has closed reduction of a bimalleolar ankle fracture with dislocation and physician would like to bill 27810 and 27842. His reasoning is that bimalleolar fractures are not always dislocated. ... [ Read More ]

Perc fixation of ankle syndesmotic Maisonneuve type injury

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Percutaneous fixation ankle Maisonneuve fracture

It sounds like the surgeon is only addressing the ankle dislocation and not the fracture. Based on the information you've given, possibly 27842 Closed treatment of ankle dislocation requiring anesthe... [ Read More ]

Question about closed tx of dislocation

[b]It?s 27822 & 27842[/b] 28742 is ?closed treatment of ankle dislocation requiring anesthesia, with or without percutanous pins. There is no NCCI edits, so these codes can be billed together with m... [ Read More ]

Coding Help 3rd party payor vs MCR coding

[b]anethesia coding vs procedure coding with anethesia[/b] Reminder, you bill the monitored anesthesia procedures according to the "time reporting" instructions at the beginning of the anesthesia sec... [ Read More ]

Need CPT code - sydesmosis disruption

I think you're probably going to have to use 27840 vs 27842... [ Read More ]

Syndesmotic injury,ankle

Just curious on this, if it truly was percutaneous, how would you code it? I have one that reads as follows: A large bone reduction clamp was used to affix the fibula to the tibia, closing the medial... [ Read More ]

Widening of syndesmosis

[QUOTE="Jamshidi, post: 41032, member: 65733"]if 837.0 Closed dislocation of ankle is good for ICD-9, then for the CPT what about: 27842 Closed treatment of ankle dislocation, requiring anesthesia, w... [ Read More ]

Widening of syndesmosis

[b]Thank you both for taking the time to answer, so[/b] if 837.0 Closed dislocation of ankle is good for ICD-9, then for the CPT what about: 27842 Closed treatment of ankle dislocation, requiring an... [ Read More ]

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