CPT Knowledgebase - Dec 19, 2017

A patient had a left medial compartment unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) performed 4 years ago. The patient will now undergo a left lateral compartment UKA. There was no revision to or removal of any of the medial side compartment components. What is the appropriate code to report the lateral compartment UKA with no revision to or removal of the medial components of the same knee?

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