CPT^® 28122, Under Excision Procedures on the Foot and Toes

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 28122 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Foot and Toes.

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In this procedure, the provider removes the infected portion of the tarsal or metatarsal bone, not including the talus or calcaneus, using craterization, saucerization, or diaphysectomy.

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[QUOTE="Jwindsor17, post: 515881, member: 785755"] [SIZE=3]The program I use is ASCExpert & the lay description for CPT 27641 states: The physician performs a partial excision of the tibia in 27640 o... [ Read More ]

4th and 5th Interpositional arthroplasty

[QUOTE="amyjph, post: 510151, member: 172045"] What does the rest of the header state? Is this a new injury? Was there disruption of or tear of the peroneus from injury? Reading the description, " per... [ Read More ]

4th and 5th Interpositional arthroplasty

What does the rest of the header state? Is this a new injury? Was there disruption of or tear of the peroneus from injury? Reading the description, " peroneus brevis attachment which was then reflecte... [ Read More ]

28730, 28308 x2?

No on the 28737, there is no tendon lenghtening or advancement described in the op note. You need an additional code for the 4 & 5 TMT resection arthroplasty but I cannot think of one that would be a... [ Read More ]

Question on amputation

There is an NCCI edit for 28122 with 28820. I have been using 28810-52 with the appropriate T modifier for amputations of toe at mtpj with metatarsal head resection (partial ray resection).... [ Read More ]

Question on amputation

28820 is for the toe only and as of 2021 has zero global days. Since the provider removed the distal metatarsal, you might need 28122 and 28820.... [ Read More ]

28003/28005 with 28120, 28122, 28222, etc

Hi Tonia! Podiatry surgeon is billing 64450-59 with each of his procedures, and the anesthesiologist is billing 01480. Here is one report in which the following codes were billed -- 28315-RT, 28005... [ Read More ]

28003/28005 with 28120, 28122, 28222, etc bundling debridement diabetic foot podiatry wound care

I am new to podiatry coding. There is a physician billing 28003 and 28005 (which are NCCI bundled with the following)... 28122, 28062, 28222, 28120.... Mostly diabetic foot infection procedures for de... [ Read More ]

Toe Debridement and Amputation

[QUOTE="Orthocoderpgu, post: 484670, member: 29238"] Did the doctor call this an "amputation"? If the surgeon performed an amputation the code would be 28810. If the surgeon just removed bone from the... [ Read More ]

Toe Debridement and Amputation

Did the doctor call this an "amputation"? If the surgeon performed an amputation the code would be 28810. If the surgeon just removed bone from the metatarsal it would be 28122. The excisional debride... [ Read More ]

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