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    Wiki Need Help with CPT Codes!!! I am coding 24346,24344,24366,24685, CPT codes 64718 and 24345 bundle

    Please see attached surgery in question. Need assistance due to CPT code 24666 vs. 24366, and coding CPT code 24341 vs. 24344 and 24346. A few of my coworkers have reviewed the note, but we are not agreeing on all codes. So I am posting here to get some other opinions. There is so much going on...
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    Wiki Sacroiliac Fusion

    Hello! I've been having issues understanding when to use 27279 vs 0775T. I understand that both codes are determined based on the transfixation of the sacroiliac joint. To me...this definitely is a 0775T however, I've gotten so many denials for this code that it's making me doubt the coding...
    • ericka123449
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    • coding advice needed orthopedic surgery sacroiliac fusion
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    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki Medializing calcaneal osteotomy

    My orthopaedic surgeon performed on the left foot the following: 1. Posterior tibialis tendon debridement and FDL transfer to navicular bone (27691). 2. Spring ligament reconstruction with InternalBrace (28899, compare to 27698). 3. Medializing calcaneal osteotomy - I'm not sure if 28300 is...
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    Wiki Staged revision of arthroscopic ACL

    One of our providers is performing an arthroscopic bone grafting of the femoral and tibial tunnels as the first stage of the revision with an arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. She is wanting to bill out 29881, 27356 & 27638; we have searched and are suggesting 29881 with 29999(compared...
    • OrthoTOC
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    • arthroscopic arthroscopic knee orthopedic coding orthopedic surgery
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    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki Closed Treatment Internal Fixation w/ Fibular IM Nailing

    Can someone point me in the right direction with which CPT code to use for this? Patient had a right distal fibula closed reduction and internal fixation with fibular IM nailing. The only thing I can come up with relatively close is 27759 but that is for the tibia. Below is a portion of the OP...
    • dcallaway
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    • foot and ankle orthopaedics orthopedic surgery
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    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki Insight: Superior Capsular Reconstruction & Rotator Cuff Repair

    In patients with chronic rotator cuff disease, loss of the glenohumeral force couple, generated by the rotator cuff, results in superior subluxation of the humeral “head” and attenuation of tendon and joint capsule. Tissue degeneration also results in a high risk of failure when using more...
    • LaurenBrooke
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    • alan pechacek m.d. orthocoderpgu orthopedic surgery rcr scr
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    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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