CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 16, 2015

My physician performs an arthroscopic procedure for decompression, then performs an open procedure for rotator cuff repair (23412, Repair of ruptured musculotendinous cuff [eg, rotator cuff] open; chronic) and claviculectomy (23120, Claviculectomy; partial). However, code 29826 (REVISED IN 2012), Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; decompression of subacromial space with partial acromioplasty, with coracoacromial ligament (ie, arch) release, when performed (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), is an add-on code. How do we report the procedure?

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