AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 4 (April)
Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (April 2016)
April 2016 page 8b Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: What is the appropriate code(s) to report a bunionectomy, which includes a proximal phalanx osteotomy and an osteotomy of the metatarsal base instead of a metatarsal head? Answer: Code 28299, Correction, hallux valgus (bunion), with or without sesamoidectomy; by double osteotomy, is reported for a bunionectomy that includes two osteotomies. Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (April 2016). CPT® Assistant. 2016; April 2016 page 8b ...
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