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Hello coders, I need help determining when a 26145 is billable when trigger finger release is done. The CCI edits say the 26055 is part of 26145. If the patient has trigger thumb and left ring finger trigger finger and while the surgeon is doing the surgery he states the the patient has some thick tenosynovium here that was debrided around both the flexor digitorum sublimis and flexor digitorum profundus tendons throughout the palm. If he gives a post-op diagnosis of tenosynovits of flexor tendons, is this billable or considered incidental? What determines when the 26145 is billable? I read in the AAOS global book under 26055 that the 26145 is incuded except for a different pathological diagnosis. Is there an easy answer somewhere to this or am I making this more confusing than it is? I would really appreciate some feedback on this...thanks ..Paula in Dublin, Ohio