DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2025 Issue 12 (December)

Q&A: Don’t add code 27427 with 29888 for ACL reconstruction – here’s why

Question: Our sports medicine surgeon recently did an ACL reconstruction with autograft, which we are planning to report with code 29888-22. The doctor is asking that we also bill CPT code 27427. We do report CPT code 27427 on occasion if a full reconstruction is performed, I am just not sure this procedure qualifies for use of that code. What do you think?

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