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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 11 (November)
Coding Correction: Arthroscopically Assisted Repair of Stress Injury Related to Bone Marrow Lesion (November 2019)
November 2019 page 13
Coding Correction: Arthroscopically Assisted Repair of Stress Injury Related to Bone Marrow Lesion
In the Surgery/Musculoskeletal System section of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of the September 2018 issue of CPT® Assistant (page 14), an answer incorrectly stated that code 29855, Arthroscopically aided treatment of tibial fracture, proximal (plateau); unicondylar, includes internal fixation, when performed
(includes arthroscopy), is the appropriate code to report a percutaneous arthroscopically assisted internal fixation of a stress injury with bone
marrow lesion (also known as a bone bruise) of the medial tibial plateau.
See below for the revised FAQ, which...
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