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Orthopedic Coding:

Add More Detail to Prevent a Downcode

Published on Thu Oct 16, 2025

Question: Can someone please help me to understand why my claims with 20680 are always being downcoded to 20670? I work for hand surgeons that often pull K wires out and/or remove plates from fingers or wrists. Nearly every time I submit a claim with code 20680 on it, the payer downcodes the code to 20670 and I don’t understand [...]
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