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Old 05-07-2009, 11:24 AM
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Default Piriformis tendon

Does anyone know of the code for a piriformis tendon release? thanks
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Old 05-07-2009, 02:10 PM
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The piriformis muscle rotates the thigh laterally so it sounds like this might be an adductor tendon. Take a look at the tenotomy codes for the hip area and see if something in that code range applies. Close as I can come to it.
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Old 05-08-2009, 08:45 AM
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I'm looking at 27000 or 27001
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Old 05-12-2009, 09:48 AM
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thank you those were the codes I was looking at.
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actually if you look at it the Piriformis is a Abductor so you would need to use code 27006.

codes 27000 and 27001 are for ADDuctors
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