CrysLednum
Guru
Hi -
Surgeon uses a Graft Jacket SLR during a scapholunate interosseous ligament reconstruction. When looking at the vendor's description, it states, it's an acellular dermal matrix that provides complex three-dimensional array of proteins the interact with each other and with the host cells. It includes networks of collagen, elastin and proteoglycans. When asked, the surgeon stated this is non-biodegradable product and acted as a scaffold in the repair.
My question is, would this be a separately reportable code? The primary procedure is 25320. When I go onto CodeX, this type of graft is not included. It included prep and insertion of DBX, methmethacrylate and hydroxyapatites but I don't see anything about the graft jacket. So would coding for 11981 (insertion of non-biodegradable implant) work? Would a graft that meshes and produces this network of proteins to the ligament count as this?
Thanks!
Surgeon uses a Graft Jacket SLR during a scapholunate interosseous ligament reconstruction. When looking at the vendor's description, it states, it's an acellular dermal matrix that provides complex three-dimensional array of proteins the interact with each other and with the host cells. It includes networks of collagen, elastin and proteoglycans. When asked, the surgeon stated this is non-biodegradable product and acted as a scaffold in the repair.
My question is, would this be a separately reportable code? The primary procedure is 25320. When I go onto CodeX, this type of graft is not included. It included prep and insertion of DBX, methmethacrylate and hydroxyapatites but I don't see anything about the graft jacket. So would coding for 11981 (insertion of non-biodegradable implant) work? Would a graft that meshes and produces this network of proteins to the ligament count as this?
Thanks!