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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 9 (September)
Surgery/Musculoskeletal System (September 2009)
September 2009 page 11a
Surgery: Musculoskeletal Sysem, 27685, 27686 (Q&A)
Question: In the same leg, a total of three tendons are
lengthened via two separate incisions—one tendon through one incision and two
tendons in a separate incision. How is this reported?
Answer: Since there are three tendons lengthened via two
separate incisions, CPT code 27686, Lengthening or shortening of tendon,
leg or ankle; multiple tendons (through same incision), each, should be reported twice
for the tendons lengthened through one incision, and code 27685,
Lengthening or shortening of tendon, leg or ankle; single tendon (separate procedure),
should be...
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