nikkisgranny
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OPERATION(S):
1. RIGHT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY, PARTIAL LATERAL MENISECTOMY (EXCISION OF RADIAL AND ANTERIOR HORN HOIZONTAL CLEAVAGE COMPONENT).
2. PERIPHERAL REPAIR OF COMMUNICATION OF LATERAL MENISCUS TEAR TO CYST.
3. INTRA-ARTICULAR EVACUATION OF LATERAL MENISCUS CYST.
Op Report Reads:
"The patellofemoral joint, medial compartment, medial meniscus, anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments were normal. The lateral meniscus pathology was identified. WE RESECTED THE ANTERIOR HORN OF THE LATERAL MENISCUS with side-biting basket punches from an anteromedial portal with visualization from an accessory medial peripateallar portal. The remaining mid body and POSTERIOR HORN WAS CAREFULLY SAUCERIZED AND TRIMMED to a well-contoured rim with instrumentation from the anterolateral portal. All loose fragments were removed from the joint.
THE ARTHROSCOPIC SHAVER WAS PLACED THROUGH THE DEGENERATIVE TEAR AND HOLE IN THE MID BODY OF THE LATERAL MENISCUS AND OUT INTO THE MENISCUS CYST. THE TISSUE WAS SCRAPED AND SHAVED. WE WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE CONTENTS OF THIS CYST WITH EXTERNAL DIGITAL PRESSURE INTO THE KNEE JOINT, AND THIS YELLOWISH, GELATINOUS MATERIAL WAS EVACUATED WITH A SHAVER."
Do I use 29882 (717.1, 717.2)
OR
29882 (717.2), 29881-50 (717.1)
I don't know what the evacuation would fall under.
Any help would be appreciated.
1. RIGHT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY, PARTIAL LATERAL MENISECTOMY (EXCISION OF RADIAL AND ANTERIOR HORN HOIZONTAL CLEAVAGE COMPONENT).
2. PERIPHERAL REPAIR OF COMMUNICATION OF LATERAL MENISCUS TEAR TO CYST.
3. INTRA-ARTICULAR EVACUATION OF LATERAL MENISCUS CYST.
Op Report Reads:
"The patellofemoral joint, medial compartment, medial meniscus, anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments were normal. The lateral meniscus pathology was identified. WE RESECTED THE ANTERIOR HORN OF THE LATERAL MENISCUS with side-biting basket punches from an anteromedial portal with visualization from an accessory medial peripateallar portal. The remaining mid body and POSTERIOR HORN WAS CAREFULLY SAUCERIZED AND TRIMMED to a well-contoured rim with instrumentation from the anterolateral portal. All loose fragments were removed from the joint.
THE ARTHROSCOPIC SHAVER WAS PLACED THROUGH THE DEGENERATIVE TEAR AND HOLE IN THE MID BODY OF THE LATERAL MENISCUS AND OUT INTO THE MENISCUS CYST. THE TISSUE WAS SCRAPED AND SHAVED. WE WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE CONTENTS OF THIS CYST WITH EXTERNAL DIGITAL PRESSURE INTO THE KNEE JOINT, AND THIS YELLOWISH, GELATINOUS MATERIAL WAS EVACUATED WITH A SHAVER."
Do I use 29882 (717.1, 717.2)
OR
29882 (717.2), 29881-50 (717.1)
I don't know what the evacuation would fall under.
Any help would be appreciated.