May one report codes 29828 and 29822 for the same operative session?

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My physicians operative report indicates that she performed the procedure described by code 29881, Arthroscopy (2016)
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What would be the appropriate code to report a tenosynovectomy performed on two of the (2025)
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If a surgeon performs both a medial and a lateral femoral chondral controlled ablation (29881) (2020)

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