Wiki Guillotine Amputation

[aschaeve]

I have a physician who is doing a partial amputation of the great toe that he calls a guillotine amputation. He documents that the bone is osteotomized just distal to the interphalangeal joint. What CPT code would you use?

Thanks,
Alicia, CPC

 

[CodingKing]

28825 - Amputation, toe; interphalangeal joint

in 28825, an amputation through the proximal or distal interphalangeal joint is performed