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Go Deep for Knee Arthrotomy Details

Published on Tue Jan 07, 2020

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the orthopedist performed a knee arthrotomy. How should I report this procedure? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: You’ll need more information from the provider in order to report the exact knee arthrotomy code. And since there are six codes to choose from, you’ll need to know the difference between a few procedures that can occur along with [...]
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