CPT^® 23030, Under Incision Procedures on the Shoulder

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 23030 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Incision Procedures on the Shoulder.

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The provider incises and drains a pocket of infection or blood deep in the shoulder area, to relieve pain and pressure and or treat infection.

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Sternoclavicular joint abcess I&D with clavicular head debridement--Help please!!

Just saw this post but have you looked at 23030. Not my true "wheelhouse" sort of speaking but might be something to look at. D. Vance CPC, CCVTC... [ Read More ]

Complex abscess with surgical debridement

[b]23030 and no abscess found[/b] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]Hi, I have a question on the 23030 code. This is similar to the previous question. The MRI showed the abscess. When the ... [ Read More ]

Complex abscess with surgical debridement

Maybe take a look at procedure 23030... [ Read More ]

Abscess

Our doctor saw a patient at the hospital for a gigantic abscess of the left shoulder and posterior lateral chest 30 cm x 30 cm x10 cm. He did an Incision and Drainage of the gigantic complex left shou... [ Read More ]

Shoulder help

I was not sure on the 29826, but I cannot find another code for arthroscopic bursectomy. Does 29823 include buresectomy? Also, do you agree with 23030 for the incision part of the surgery? Thanks f... [ Read More ]

Shoulder help

Here it goes.. Pt is status post rotator cuff repair on 4/21/09 and the codes from that surgery are: 23412 and 29824-59. Pt returns to the OR on 5/26/09 (post op period) due to increased pain over l... [ Read More ]

Another shoulder sx

look at 23030...he moved the deltoid, thus causing the repair to be incidental.... [ Read More ]

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