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Other Procedures on the Femur or Knee Joint CPT® Code range 27599- 27599

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code range for Surgical Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint 27599-27599 is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association.

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CPT® Code Range 27599- 27599
Section 27599-27599
Other Procedures on the Femur or Knee Joint
27599
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I need help with the above CPT . The physician will make an incision where prior surgery was and remove scar tissue from the knee. I'm thinking unlisted, 27599, with the comparison code of either 29... [ Read More ]
Knee manipulation under anesthesia
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Hip fracture removal of implant, but new screws back in ...
[QUOTE="nickelclaw, post: 502672, member: 256517"] I found a CPT Assistant Novemeber 2015 page 10 for screw implant removal and replacement one month post op and suggests using unlisted. When I pathed... [ Read More ]
Hip fracture removal of implant, but new screws back in ...
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Removal Osgood Schlatter deformity
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[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 501554, member: 5404"] In my opinion, 27310 and 27331 are not supported since the physician did not perform an arthrotomy - the arthrotomy here was caused by the injury and i... [ Read More ]
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