AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
Revision of Total Lengthening Tumor Prosthesis
The patient’s lengthening tumor prosthesis has failed to lengthen. The patient was brought back to the hospital for a revision of total knee tumor prosthesis. The procedure involved a small incision down to the prosthesis, removing the pegs and unlocking the prosthesis. The prosthesis was manipulated and the prosthesis lengthened. How should this procedure be coded? ...
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