AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 8 (August)
Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (August 2017)
August 2017 page 9a Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: What is the appropriate CPT code to report for an open distal hamstring tendon repair? Answer: It would be appropriate to report 27385, Suture of quadriceps or hamstring muscle rupture; primary, for the open repair of a distal hamstring tendon. Question: How should the insertion of a radial side plate and ulnar stem (such as the APTIS system [Aptis Medical; Louisville, KY]) during a total distal radioulnar joint replacement procedure be reported? Is it appropriate to report codes 25441 and 25442? Answer: It would be appropriate to report only code 25442...
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