Orthopedic Coding Alert
You Be the Coder:
Try Your Hand at This Arthrotomy Procedure
Published on Mon Mar 31, 2014
Question: My orthopedist performed the following procedures:
1. I&D paronychia with marsupialization.
How should I report this?
Codify Subscriber
Answer: You should report the following CPT® codes:
26020 (Drainage of tendon sheath, digit and/or palm, each).
2. I&D dorsal abscess overlying DIP joint level.
3. Arthrotomy DIP joint with irrigation and drainage of septic DIP joint.
4. Irrigation and drainage of ring finger flexor tendon sheath with incisions at the DIP, PIP digital crease, and proximal to A1 level.
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