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Coding Elbow Arthroplasty Revision

Published on Fri Sep 08, 2023

Question: A patient who had a right elbow arthroplasty for displaced simple supracondylar fracture six months earlier at your practice reports to the orthopedist with complications. After a right elbow X-ray and a level-four office evaluation and management (E/M) service, the surgeon decides to perform total arthroplasty revision. Notes indicate that the surgeon revised the humeral component. How should I [...]
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