AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 7 (July)

Coding Correction (July 2014)

July 2014 page 5a Coding Correction In the May 2011, CPT Assistant (page 9), a Q&A incorrectly states that code 28200, Repair, tendon, flexor, foot; primary or secondary, without free graft, each tendon, should be reported for the repair of the Achilles tendon. Instead, the following specific Achilles tendon repair codes should be used as appropriate for these repairs: 27650, Repair, primary, open or percutaneous, ruptured Achilles tendon; 27652, Repair, primary, open or percutaneous, ruptured Achilles tendon; with graft (includes obtaining graft); and 27654, Repair, secondary, Achilles tendon, with or without graft. In addition, it would be appropriate...

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