CPT^® 29866, Under Endoscopy/Arthroscopy Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 29866 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Endoscopy/Arthroscopy Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System.

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The provider examines the inside of the knee joint with an arthroscope to inspect and repair the cartilage covering the bony surfaces of the knee joint. She inserts instruments to harvest healthy cartilage and transplant it to replace damaged tissue.

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Chondroplasty or Meniscectomy

You have to code the 29880. Think about it this way - would they have gone in there just to do the 29877 in the first place? Probably not. The reason for the surgery and intent of the procedure was th... [ Read More ]

29877 Help, Help.....

[b]Monday Morning all week long with 29877[/b] This code will drive you nuts. It seems it depends on who you ask. Multiple sources tell us different things: According to the NCCI Manual: CPT codes 2... [ Read More ]

Arthroscopic ACL debridement

This is addressed in the NCCI manual, in the Arthroscopy section of the Musculoskeletal Chapter: [I]"With the exception of the knee joint, arthroscopic debridement should not be reported separately... [ Read More ]

29867 or 29879

29879, the Microfracture, is used to make drill small holes into the bone to encourage healing. 29866/67 are drill holes on defects of the bone and putting in auto/allografts respectively. In the or... [ Read More ]

Osteochondral defect knee

[QUOTE="jbrightw, post: 312962, member: 143709"]It should be 29877 and 29866 (for autograft if performed) Jesus Brightwin[/QUOT Not sure why you would say 29877. No mention of chondroplasty... repai... [ Read More ]

Osteochondral defect knee

It should be 29877 and 29866 (for autograft if performed) Jesus Brightwin... [ Read More ]

Osteochondral defect knee

[QUOTE="cwilson3333, post: 312937, member: 160859"]Surgery has not been performed yet. We are checking procedure codes for authorization and scheduling. Thanks[/QUOTE] OK, I understand. It could be i... [ Read More ]

Medial Meniscectomy with Patellofemoral Debridement

I respectfully disagree as debridement, via a scope, is typically a synovectomy or a chondroplasty for the knee. Without knowing what you are debriding a modifier 59 is not supported to identify separ... [ Read More ]

Mosaicplasty

[QUOTE="patriciacpc, post: 237851, member: 19626"]hi mary, this is billable per knee/ per session. (not per plug). The lay description according to optum/ encoderpro.com states: "multiple cylindri... [ Read More ]

Mosaicplasty

Hi Mary, This is billable per knee/ per session. (not per plug). The lay description according to Optum/ Encoderpro.com states: "Multiple cylindrical grafts are placed in corresponding size cylind... [ Read More ]

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