AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 5 (May)

Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (May 2019)

May 2019 page 10a Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: What is the appropriate code(s) to report open and arthroscopic repair of meniscal root, which are performed in addition to a meniscus repair? Answer: CPT code 29882, Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscus repair (medial OR lateral), should be reported if the meniscal root repair is performed arthroscopically. Code 27403, Arthrotomy with meniscal repair, knee, should be reported if the repair is performed as an open surgical procedure. It would not be appropriate to report both codes because the meniscal root is part of the meniscus, and meniscal-root injury is simply a...

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