AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 3 (March)
THEN and NOW: Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery with Acromioplasty (March 2015)
March 2015 page 7 CPT Assistant THEN and NOW As medical terminology and the performance of services and procedures change, so do the associated reporting methods. In this feature, we will regularly revisit previously published articles to correct, revise, update, and/or reiterate long-standing information. Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery with Acromioplasty THEN An article published in the May 2001 issue of the CPT Assistant instructed coders to report CPT code 29826, Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; decompression of subacromial space with partial acromioplasty, with or without coracoacromial release, for surgical arthroscopy of the shoulder with partial acromioplasty, arch decompression, excision of bursal tissue...
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