Open Excision of Un-united Ossicle : Orthopedic | Reader Question …
网页2000年7月1日 — Question: How do you code open excision of un-united ossicle in a patient with Osgood-Schlatters disease (732.4, juvenile osteochondrosis of lower extremity, excluding foot). The physician makes an incision over the patellar tendon and down to deep fascia. The patellar tendon sheath is incised directly over the ossicle, which is a loose …
Wiki Ossicle Excision Hand/Wrist - AAPC
网页2016年3月17日 — PROCEDURE: Right hand excision metacarpal nonunion ossicle. INTRAOPERATIVE FINDINGS: A large dorsal index metacarpal base ossicle nonunion. OPERATION: After signing proper consent form, the arm was marked in preoperative hold. The. patient was taken to the operating room, given IV antibiotics and local anesthetic …
Wiki Coding Ossicle Tibial Tubercle - AAPC
网页2014年7月17日 — Yes. If the reason for visit is primarily for Osgood Schlatter or fragmentation of tibia, we should use 732.4. No doubt on this. If nothing stated about treatment plan for Osgood Schlatter or it is given only 'history of ' then we can use V13.59 (personal history of other musculoskeletal condition). Fragmentation is directly leading to …
Wiki Excision of bony ossicles - AAPC
网页2017年5月11日 — Unfortunately, probably the best is an Unlisted Procedure of the Knee, 27559. As for pairing it with another code of relatively equal value, that is also tricky. The closest I can find are 27327: Excision of tumor ("ossicle"), soft tissue of the knee, superficial, < 3 cm. (which most of them are), or possibly 27340: Excision of Prepatellar Bursa.
Ossicle/bone spur excision | Medical Billing and Coding Forum
网页2010年9月30日 — Wiki Ossicle/bone spur excision. Thread starter Valerie813; Start date Sep 30, 2010; Create Wiki V. Valerie813
CPT ® 27360, Under Excision Procedures on the Femur (Thigh
网页CPT. ®. 27360, Under Excision Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 27360 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint.
Excision Loose Ossicle. | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
网页2009年12月3日 — Omaha, NE. Best answers. 0. Dec 3, 2009. #1. Excision of loose ossicle from patellar tendon/tibial tuberosity. I usually use 27331. Is this correct?
Wiki Unstable Osgood-Schlatter Ossicle - AAPC
网页2015年4月21日 — The ossicle was identified by x-ray. An incision was made through the tendon right down on top of the ossicle. The tendon was then elevated off the ossicle, but left in continuity with the rest of the tubercle. We elevated at both medially and laterally and got circumferential control around the ossicle. The ossicle was noted to be loose.
Wiki Excision of patellar tendon ossicle with ORIF tibial tuberosity
网页2016年9月22日 — Excision of patellar tendon ossicle I have 27540 for the ORIF tibial tubercle. I was looking at 3 codes for the excision of the ossicle. 27360 and 27380, 27347. 27331 is included in the 27540 code, and not sure if that's appropriate anyway since the ossicle wasn't 'loose' but had to be excised.
Wiki excision of a fractured assessory bone, foot - AAPC
网页2013年3月15日 — The ossicle demensions were2.0cm x 1.25 cm and was examined and found to demonstrate a defect within the bone consistant with a nonunion fracture. Closure of the wound commenced with a deep repair of tendon and muscle. I want to code a 28120 the excision piece of it, but I am lost with the accessory piece.