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Injections with Ultrasound Guidance
Is it correct CPT coding to report the ultrasound guidance CPT code 76942 when the physician performs tendon injections or a carpal tunnel injection? The CPT code descriptions for 20550,…
Achilles Tendon Debridement/Debulking
Our surgeon took a patient to the OR for secondary repair of an Achilles tendon tear. He found that the tear was essentially gone and the tissue was very scarred. He performed a debridement…
Nasal Wall Reconstruction
One of our physicians is scheduling a nasal wall reconstruction with Latera®. He is wanting to use code 30465 (repair nasal vestibular stenosis). I know there is a code for Latera which…
Subchondroplasty
Our surgeons occasionally perform subchondroplasty procedures. We are reporting this with an unlisted code and are wondering if this is correct.
Intraoperative Ultrasound
I see there is a code for intraoperative ultrasound, 76998. Can I code that when I use ultrasound intraoperatively to assist with tumor removal?
Fractional Laser Therapy
We are going to be doing laser therapy for hypertrophic burn scars. From my understanding we will be using fractional ablative CO2 laser therapy.
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