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Hi, If a provider used a 25 gauge needle, trigger finger was injected with lidocaine, the trigger nodule was identified and finger was hyperextended then used a 18G needle and it was inserted just distal to the nodule and cutting was done and free movement of the finger was checked. the needle cut through the horizontal fibers of the A1 pully. Would this be coded as a 20550 or could it be coded as a 26055 tendon sheath incision? - See more at: https://www.supercoder.com/my-ask-an-expert/topic/trigger-finger-release#sthash.vfa6ocqK.dpuf