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CPT Knowledgebase - May 10, 2022
A surgeon performed a procedure during which two of the rotator cuff tendons (supraspinatus and infraspinatus) were repaired arthroscopically, and a third rotator cuff tendon (subscapularis) was repaired via a separate incisional open approach. Is it appropriate to report codes 29827 and 23412 for this procedure, or is it appropriate to report only one approach, either arthroscopic (29827) or open (23412)?
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