AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 3 (March)
Frequently Asked Questions (March 2020)
March 2020 page 14 Frequently Asked Questions Surgery/Musculoskeletal System Question: In surgeries involving hip implant removal and placement of a manually fashioned nonarticulating drug-delivery device, is it appropriate to report code 20704 in conjunction with code 27091? Answer: No, code 20704, Manual preparation and insertion of drug-delivery device(s), intra-articular (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), may not be reported in conjunction with code 27091, Removal of hip prosthesis; complicated, including total hip prosthesis, methylmethacrylate with or without insertion of spacer, or with code 27488, Removal of prosthesis, including total knee prosthesis, methylmethacrylate with or without insertion...
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