AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 8 (August)
Surgery/Nervous System (August 2009)
August 2009 page 11 Surgery: Nervous System, 64721, (Q&A) Question: A patient is seen for recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome. The physician performs a revision right carpal tunnel release with a local ulnar fat pad rotation flap and reports code 64721, Neuroplasty and/or transposition; median nerve at carpal tunnel. The procedure report states that the ulnar fat pad was rotated on the distally based flap and used to cover the median nerve. Would this procedure be reported separately and, if so, which code should be reported? Answer: Code 64721 is the appropriate code to report the carpel tunnel release...
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