AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 9 (September)

Reporting Manual Preparation and Insertion or Removal of Musculoskeletal Drug-Delivery Devices

Reporting Manual Preparation and Insertion or Removal of Musculoskeletal Drug-Delivery Devices Prior to 2020, the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) codes for the insertion (11981), removal (11982), and removal with reinsertion (11983) of nonbiodegradable drug-delivery devices were described in generic and general terms. Many medical specialty societies reported these codes and the differences in the amount and intensity of work were significant. For example, because infection is one of the most common, potential complications in musculoskeletal procedures, including total joint arthroplasty (TJA), physicians specializing in orthopedics were the principal reporters of these codes. Therefore, codes 20700-20705 were established...

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