CPT Knowledgebase - Oct 25, 2019
According to the CPT guidelines, a surgical endoscopy/arthroscopy always includes a diagnostic endoscopy/arthroscopy. Which CPT code should modifier 59 be appended to when a patient has a diagnostic arthroscopy of the left knee (29870) and an arthroscopic medial meniscectomy of the right knee (29881)?To view the Official AMA answer and 1000s more like this:
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