A patient had surgery a year ago to repair two flexor tendons in his forearm. He is in surgery for a secondary repair for the same two tendons.
Which CPT® coding is reported?
A patient had surgery a year ago to repair two flexor tendons in his forearm. He is in surgery for a secondary repair for the same two tendons.
Which CPT® coding is reported?
25272. captures the secondary repair without multiplying the code
The google results says that its D.
25272 C ONLY WHICH REPRESENTS THE SECONDARY REPAIR OF A FLEXOR TENDON IN THE FOREARM SINGLE CODE NOT X2 IN THE REAL WORLD CODING THE REPAIRS WERE DISYINCTIVELY DOCUMENTED AND PERFORMED SEPARTELY IT WOUD HAVE BEEN CODED TWIC WITH A MODIFIER 59. BUT THE KEY INDICATED 25272 AONE. C