CPT^® 24076, Under Excision Procedures on the Humerus (Upper Arm) and Elbow

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 24076 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Humerus (Upper Arm) and Elbow.

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The provider surgically removes a tumor of less than 5 cm in size that is present in the subfascial or intramuscular region of the upper arm and elbow area.

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Melanoma down to the Fascia

[QUOTE="ellzeycoding, post: 415273, member: 437910"] 24075 Excision, tumor, soft tissue of upper arm or elbow area, [B]subcutaneous[/B]; less than 3 cm 24071 Excision, tumor, soft tissue of upper arm ... [ Read More ]

Excision rheumatoid nodule elbow CPT

Yes I would go with 24076 or 24073 cpt codes if it is not connected to the bone.... [ Read More ]

PLEASE HELP - Musculature slide

I have never coded a Nirschl procedure before either, that was new to me. Had bone been removed, I would have gone with the Nirschl procedure. Seems that just soft tissue was removed, so I would look ... [ Read More ]

Lipoma excisions

I have a patient that had 12 lipoma excised from his arms. All measured 1x1 to 1x2 cm2. CCI has MEU that only allows 5 units. I have been told to add the excised areas together and use 24076 instead o... [ Read More ]

Melanoma down to the Fascia

Thank you - I will keep all this in mind the next time I have one similar :) [QUOTE="ellzeycoding, post: 415273, member: 437910"]24075 Excision, tumor, soft tissue of upper arm or elbow area, [B]s... [ Read More ]

Melanoma down to the Fascia

24075 Excision, tumor, soft tissue of upper arm or elbow area, [B]subcutaneous[/B]; less than 3 cm 24071 Excision, tumor, soft tissue of upper arm or elbow area, [B]subcutaneous[/B]; 3 cm or greater 2... [ Read More ]

excision of gouty tophi

doc did an excision of gouty tophi of the right elbow the tophus was excised taking the olecranon bursa with it down to the bone. would you use 24076 or can we use 24000? i am at a loss. thanks ... [ Read More ]

I&D elbow with bone biopsy--Please Help!

Here's the op report we are struggling to code appropriately. One coder suggested 24076 another 20240---not really sure where to go with this procedure. Help with the CPT would be very much apprecia... [ Read More ]

Excision Soft Tissue Mass by size

Help, if I am coding an excision of a soft tissue tumor and the surgeon documents the tumor size was 6x3 cm on the upper arm. Do I code to the 6cm or the 3cm? If I code to the 6 then I would use 240... [ Read More ]

axillary lipoma

I would code this with 24076 excision of tumor soft tissue of upper arm and elbow area deep with the dx 214.1 for the prior auth. :)... [ Read More ]

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