KeishaBeh
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Hi, I work for an orthopedic office and I am coding an arthroscopic surgery. One procedure has me a little stumped... if anyone can help that would be nice, please.
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The description:
There was a separate labral tearing anteriorly and inferiorly, a full thickness type of a tear.
We then began the repair using a suture lasso to pass a monofilament around the labral tear inferiorly. We replaced this with a #2 UltraLoop suture from Smith & Nephew. Then we used a 2.9-mm drill bit to drill a hole on the anterior inferior glenoid along the rim and then we incorporated the #2 UltraLoop suture within the MicroRaptor knotless anchor and we seated the anchor in the aforementioned drill hole with the arm held in slight external rotation to repair the anterior inferior labral tear. Once this was accomplished, we then removed excess suture material and then hemostasis was achieved.
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29807 - Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; repair of SLAP lesion (SLAP includes the superior and posterior portion of the labrum, however, this is a full thickness anterior inferior labrum tear).
29806 - Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; capsulorrhaphy (which is meant to repair the torn capsule around the shoulder joint, which I believe includes the torn
anterior inferior labrum, but I am not 100%, hence I am seeking your thoughts) The only doubt I have is because there, although there is no mention of a bankart tear, a bankart tear can be repaired in a capsulorrhaphy BUT this anterior inferior tear is a full thickness tear and bankart tears are not full thickness tears.
or do you see a better suited code?
Thank you
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The description:
There was a separate labral tearing anteriorly and inferiorly, a full thickness type of a tear.
We then began the repair using a suture lasso to pass a monofilament around the labral tear inferiorly. We replaced this with a #2 UltraLoop suture from Smith & Nephew. Then we used a 2.9-mm drill bit to drill a hole on the anterior inferior glenoid along the rim and then we incorporated the #2 UltraLoop suture within the MicroRaptor knotless anchor and we seated the anchor in the aforementioned drill hole with the arm held in slight external rotation to repair the anterior inferior labral tear. Once this was accomplished, we then removed excess suture material and then hemostasis was achieved.
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29807 - Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; repair of SLAP lesion (SLAP includes the superior and posterior portion of the labrum, however, this is a full thickness anterior inferior labrum tear).
29806 - Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; capsulorrhaphy (which is meant to repair the torn capsule around the shoulder joint, which I believe includes the torn
anterior inferior labrum, but I am not 100%, hence I am seeking your thoughts) The only doubt I have is because there, although there is no mention of a bankart tear, a bankart tear can be repaired in a capsulorrhaphy BUT this anterior inferior tear is a full thickness tear and bankart tears are not full thickness tears.
or do you see a better suited code?
Thank you