AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 4 (April)
Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (April 2015)
April 2015 page 10b Surgery: Nervous System Question: What is the appropriate code to report hand digital nerve repair/reconstruction with a 2-cm nerve allograft? Should this be reported with code 64890, Nerve graft (includes obtaining graft), single strand, hand or foot; up to 4 cm length, appended with modifier 52, Reduced Services}, or would this be reported using code 64910, Nerve repair; with synthetic conduit or vein allograft (eg, nerve tube), each nerve? Answer: Code 64890 refers to a nerve graft harvested and used for nerve repair in the same patient. Code 64910 is used to report repair with...
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