AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 10 (October)

Tissue Grafting Procedures (October 2019)

October 2019 pages 5-7 Tissue Grafting Procedures In 2017, the American Medical Association’s Relativity Assessment Workgroup (RAW), operating within the Specialty Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC), was asked to address CPT code 20926, Tissue grafts, other (eg, paratenon, fat, dermis), and the site-of-service discrepancies associated with this code. Soft tissue grafts are utilized for a variety of indications, including skull base surgery, craniofacial abnormalities, breast reconstruction, and reconstruction of traumatic soft tissue injuries. As a result, code 20926 was reported by multiple specialties and was used for many types of tissue grafts involving significantly different procedures across...

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