20245

CPT^® 20245, Under General Excision Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 20245 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - General Excision Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System.

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An open bone biopsy is a procedure to obtain sample bone tissue, typically from a lesion, to further analyze a suspected medical condition or infection.

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1 stage exchange - Total Hip Revision, complicated

[QUOTE="Stewart7127, post: 514895, member: 760945"] Thank you for your insight!! We were able to give him the bone biopsy code, he did both bones (femur and acetabulum). No medicated spacers were used... [ Read More ]

1 stage exchange - Total Hip Revision, complicated

[QUOTE="amyjph, post: 514887, member: 172045"] A 22 is what you would need provided it is explained and justfied in the operative report. You would have to track the claim after to follow the reimburs... [ Read More ]

Removal of Bone Spur from Skull

Hey! Look into 20240 I pathed it skull biopsy, open-- from coder desk reference description is: 20240-20245 The physician performs an open biopsy on bone to confirm a suspected growth, disease, or ... [ Read More ]

PB Coder Specialist position

[B]Professional Billing Coding Specialist/PB Coding Specialist [/B] Job ID: 20245 Facility: The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus Locations: Topeka, KS Job Type: Full-Time Regula... [ Read More ]

Arthroscopic I&D (Lavage) of RT shoulder

[QUOTE="TJAlexander, post: 484454, member: 323227"] We have a surgery scheduled for a patient who continues to struggle with a post-operative infection after rotator cuff repair. Our provider is plan... [ Read More ]

Arthroscopic I&D (Lavage) of RT shoulder

We have a surgery scheduled for a patient who continues to struggle with a post-operative infection after rotator cuff repair. Our provider is planning to lavage the area arthroscopically, then perfo... [ Read More ]

I&D infection and Bony Biopy coding question

Can someone help me with this op report. The doctor felt the surgery should be coded as 28002 incision and drainage below fascia, 20245 open bone biopsy and 11730. but a coder in the office said it sh... [ Read More ]

CANPC Questions for AAPC El Paso TX Local Chapter Event 11182017

Vino C. Mody Jr., M.D., COC, CPC, CCS-P, CANPC, CCVTC, CICP, CNPR, CRMC 678-427-6511 cell; [email]vinomodyjr13@gmail.com[/email]; [email]vinomodyjr@outlook.com[/email]; [email]vmody@protonmail.com[/em... [ Read More ]

Deep or superficial?

[b]Depends on technique[/b] The key is HOW the biopsy is being performed CPT 20245 - Biopsy, bone, [B][U][COLOR="#FF0000"]open[/COLOR];[/U][/B] deep (eg, humeral shaft, ischium, femoral shaft) ....... [ Read More ]

Deep or superficial?

Correction to my previous post, the code should be 20245 not 20225. Typo, sorry... [ Read More ]

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