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HCPCS Code for Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty) at the time of other surgical knee arthroscopy in a different compartment of the same knee G0289

HCPCS code G0289 for Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty) at the time of other surgical knee arthroscopy in a different compartment of the same knee as maintained by CMS falls under Miscellaneous Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services .

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Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (chondroplasty) at the time of other surgical knee arthroscopy in a different compartment of the same knee

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Chondroplasty or Meniscectomy
Thank you everyone for your input. I understand what CPT says and all the other sources and have always coded it for just the meniscectomies. I also know about the G0289 and have used it appropriately... [ Read More ]
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 ]
Chondroplasty or Meniscectomy
[QUOTE="jdibble, post: 514634, member: 80630"] I am having a debate with myself and am looking for some opinions and help! If my doctor documents that he did an Arthroscopic Chondroplasty on the knee... [ Read More ]
Prior authorization
I work for an orthopedic office. We prior authorize the surgeries though turning point. We are having a hard time getting the G0289 and 29823 approved. It is mostly for Medicare plus blue. I know the ... [ Read More ]
Prior authorization
I work for an orthopedic office. We prior authorize the surgeries though turning point. We are having a hard time getting the G0289 and 29823 approved. It is mostly for Medicare plus blue. I know the ... [ Read More ]
Loose body removal
The new guidelines indicate that you can now bill Loose body removal if the portal is enlarged to remove it. When I put it in our software (Vitalware) with other codes it says mod not allowed. My un... [ Read More ]
arthroscopy
[QUOTE="Skewts, post: 476967, member: 695719"] Dr. did a left knee arthroscopy with partial medial meniscetomy and chondroplasty of medial femoral condyle. I came up with 29881 the 1st procedure but ... [ Read More ]
arthroscopy
A related question to this is, if the chondroplasty is performed in a [B]different compartment[/B] of the knee (such as to treat chondromalacia patella) then can G0289-59 be reported since this is "ac... [ Read More ]
Knee arthroscopy
[b]Knee scope Q response[/b] Hello you can't bill a 29880 and 29876 together, because you can't bill for more than one procedure per compartment.To bill these together would be double dipping for the... [ Read More ]
29877 Help, Help.....
[b]Keep this in mind[/b] In 2012 the AMA combined 29877 with 29881. So if meniscectomy is performed, in any compartment, the correct code to choose is 29880 or 29881. Part of the CMS NCCI policy man... [ Read More ]
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