AMA CPT® Assistant - 1999 Issue 6 (June)
Surgery Musculoskeletal System, 29877 (Q&A) (June 1999)
June 1999 page 11 Coding Consultation Surgery Musculoskeletal System, 29877 (Q&A) Question The February 1996 issue of the CPT Assistant featured a question in the coding consultation section regarding coding for an arthroscopy of the knee with a lateral meniscectomy and shaving the articular cartilage. Please clarify whether these procedures must be performed in separate compartments of the knee in order to separately report these procedures. AMA Comment Yes. In order to separately report arthroscopic debridement/shaving of articular cartilage (29877) and arthroscopic meniscectomy (29880, 29881) performed at the same session, the procedures must be performed in separate compartments...
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