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Use a Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision Code for a Poly Revision

Published on Tue Dec 16, 2025

Question: An orthopedic surgeon performed total knee arthroplasty revision where they placed a patella button and performed a polyethylene revision. What codes should I use to report the procedure? Montana Subscriber Answer: You’ll assign 27486 (Revision of total knee arthroplasty, with or without allograft; 1 component) appended with modifier 52 (Reduced services) to report the patella button and polyethylene revision. [...]
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