AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 6 (June)

Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (Q&A) (June 2018)

June 2018 page 11a Surgery: Musculoskeletal System Question: What is the appropriate CPT code(s) to report anterior labral repair and debridement with the removal of a loose body and documented as being greater than 5 mm? Answer: It would be appropriate to report code 29806, Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; capsulorrhaphy, for the anterior labral repair and debridement and code 29819, Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; with removal of loose body or foreign body, for removal of the loose body. Please note that the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons indicate that to report code 29819, the loose body must be greater than 5...

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