Wiki Can you ever bill 29888 & 29877 together ???

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29888 ACL repair
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Per NCCI you can never bill these codes together.

However, if you look at AAOS, they allow 29877 IF it's done in a "separate compartment".

So if debridement is done in the PF compartment, we can't bill but if the debridement is done in the medial or lateral we can?

Do I have this right?
 
This is dependent on payer.

For Medicare payers, when the chondroplasty is performed in a different compartment, it can be reported with other knee arthroscopies (excluding 29880 and 29881), but needs to be reported as G0289.

I say it's dependent on payer because some payers will follow this same guideline, allowing the G0289 when performed in a separate compartment. Others do not recognize the G0289, but will allow the 29877.

Your best bet is to check with the individual carrier and see what edits and policies they may have in place for this.
 
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