AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 12 (December)

Revisions to Arthroscopic Shoulder Debridement Codes (December 2020)

December 2020 pages 8-9 Revisions to Arthroscopic Shoulder Debridement Codes Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes (29822, 29823) for arthroscopic shoulder debridement have been the source of much confusion within the coding community. Over the years, countless questions have been submitted to the CPT® Network on this topic and these codes are associated with many of the frequently asked questions in various editions of CPT® Assistant. To help prevent continued confusion and provide better clarification, new guidelines have been added and codes 29822 and 29823 have been revised for the CPT® 2021 code set. This article provides an overview...

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