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CPT® 23470, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Shoulder

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 23470 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Shoulder.

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In this procedure, the provider performs glenohumeral joint hemiarthroplasty in which the provider replaces the damaged head of a humerus with a prosthetic implant while the other half of the shoulder, the glenoid cavity is left intact. The provider performs this procedure when arthritis damages only the humerus head of the shoulder joint.

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23615 or 23470?
hi all, if patient is having shoulder proximal humerus hemiarthroplasty with long head bicpes tenodesis for proximal humerus fracture. should i use 23615 or 23470. thank you.... [ Read More ]
Billing CPT 23470 with 23020
It is included per the Coder desk reference 23470: 23470 Hemiarthroplasty is performed on the glenohumeral joint. A long curved incision is made from the superior aspect of the acromion along the d... [ Read More ]
Billing CPT 23470 with 23020
I am in need of help. I have a provider who want to bill 23020 with every shoulder arthroplasty procedure he does and feels it is supported no matter if it is bundled or not. They have also stated t... [ Read More ]
Shoulder Resurfacing
Are we coding shoulder resurfacing (prosthesis or cap of only a portion of the humeral or glenoid head not the entire ball) with 23929 or has it been deemed appropriate to use 23470 as there is still ... [ Read More ]
Proximal humeral malunion/nonunion
[LIST] [*]23616 = doesn't necessarily mean "acute fracture." [I][SIZE=3](The anatomical neck is the portion of the humerus that separates the greater and lesser tubercles from the humeral head, or the... [ Read More ]
Proximal humeral malunion/nonunion
Hi all - Recently I have come along a couple of situations where the provider is taking a patient to surgery for a hemi-arthroplasty due to malunion or nonunion. Provider wants to bill 23616, however... [ Read More ]
Repeat ID with Replacement of Antibiotic Spacer
Both TSA components removed previously, patient had procedure below. My team is looking at 23107/11983 or 23470/11983. Any suggestions [ATTACH type="full" alt="4133"]4133[/ATTACH]... [ Read More ]
Left Shoulder Resection Arthroplasty with Placement Antibiotic Spacer
[b]Bump[/b] I would also like to get others' thoughts on this. My surgeon makes his case that he should be able to bill a 23470 or 23472 even without a total shoulder prosthesis due to the time/skill... [ Read More ]
Left Shoulder Resection Arthroplasty with Placement Antibiotic Spacer
Post op DX: Septic Arthritis LT Shoulder with chronic anterior shoulder dislocation & glenoid fracture malunion Pt. has history of septic arthritis LT shoulder that was addressed with irrigation & deb... [ Read More ]
Shoulder-Rotator cuff procedures with allograft, any official guidance?
[QUOTE="kfoote16go, post: 420391, member: 371864"]Is there any official coding guidance on including a code for the application of allograft/xenograft in a rotator cuff reapir/reconstruction procedure... [ Read More ]
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