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PROCEDURE IN DETAIL (-in short )Excision of foreign body of knee
Pneumatic tourniquet was inflated to 350 mmhg pessure on thigh. Next , an incision was made over the area of a papable foreign body along the medial aspect of the patella on the knee. Dissection proceeded down sharply through the subcutaneous tissue down to the medial patellar retinaculum. Foreign body identified. aBOUT 1 CM piece of gravel was removed. The foreign body was extraarticular in the medial retaculum, and the joint was not entered.
Now from reading this which code would you choose ?
PROCEDURE IN DETAIL (-in short )Excision of foreign body of knee
Pneumatic tourniquet was inflated to 350 mmhg pessure on thigh. Next , an incision was made over the area of a papable foreign body along the medial aspect of the patella on the knee. Dissection proceeded down sharply through the subcutaneous tissue down to the medial patellar retinaculum. Foreign body identified. aBOUT 1 CM piece of gravel was removed. The foreign body was extraarticular in the medial retaculum, and the joint was not entered.
Now from reading this which code would you choose ?