DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2025 Issue 5 (May)

Q&A: When to separately report G0289 for loose body removal

Question: The physician performed an arthroscopic loose body (LB) removal from the patient's patellofemoral compartment, an arthroscopic patellar chondroplasty and an arthroscopic lateral release during the same surgical encounter. My manager is inclined to bill G0289 for the LB removal, since neither the chondroplasty nor the lateral release is being separately “reported,” since both 29881 and 27422 are the primary procedures being billed for the patient.

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