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Steroid Injection
What CPT code would you use for “anesthetic and steroid injection of the left posterior superior iliac spine?
“Elbow Injection”
Our sports medicine physician submitted an office note with documentation that he performed an “elbow injection.” We are new to orthopaedic coding and wondering if CPT code 20605 (he…
Harvest of Graft for Repair of Nasal Vestibular Stenosis
We did a septoplasty and repair of nasal vestibular stenosis with spreader grafts using septal cartilage. We billed these codes: 30465, 30520 and 20912. Medicare does not bundle any
Failed Hardware Removal
Our surgeon attempted to remove deep hardware in the operating room but was unable after multiple attempts. No other surgical procedures were performed. Are we able to bill anything…
Use of Cadaver Cartilage
We have a patient that needs a major revision rhinoplasty requiring cadaver cartilage. There is no remaining local cartilage that can be utilized in this case and my surgeon has opted…
Adjacent Tissue Transfer
A few years ago I was at your plastic surgery coding workshop in Chicago – you were great, Kim! I remember discussing the adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement codes and you said…
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