CPT^® 24147, Under Excision Procedures on the Humerus (Upper Arm) and Elbow

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 24147 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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In this procedure, the provider removes the infected part of the olecranon process by partially scraping out the area to free it from infection.

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Help with elbow surgery - Procedure performed

[QUOTE="amartinez1, post: 252296, member: 117118"]Procedure performed: Excision of olecronon bursa (24105) removal of bone spurs from right olecronon(24120 or 24147) removal of subcutaneous mass from... [ Read More ]

Help with elbow surgery - Procedure performed

Procedure performed: Excision of olecronon bursa (24105) removal of bone spurs from right olecronon(24120 or 24147) removal of subcutaneous mass from right elbow(24075) encapsulated olecronon bursa ... [ Read More ]

elbow bursa

Hello all, Medicare patient Pre/Post DX: chronic olecranon bursitis Procedure: Excision olecranon bursa Does have the bursa sac removed entirely without any difficulty. [I][B]Then patient had a ve... [ Read More ]

elbow arthroplasty

[b]elbow arthroplasty-surgeon vs hospital coding[/b] The surgeon's bill and the hospital bill have different codes for these procedures and I can't figure out which ones are correct: 1. Right elbow u... [ Read More ]

Excision of Ulnar Styloid Ossicle

What about 24147? There was an old Orthopaedic Coding Alert (Jan2006) that recommended coding the excision of exostosis & bossing ( aren't ossicles the same?) under the "partial excision" codes. ... [ Read More ]

excision olecranon bone spur

[b]excise olecranon bone spur[/b] I use 24147 for excision of olecranon bone spur.... [ Read More ]

excision olecranon bone spur

Can you help me with the code for excision of olecranon bone spur? I considered 24120, but it isn't really a cyst or tumor. I was also considering 24147. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you... [ Read More ]

Help on surgery code for tricep tendon

Patient was taken to surgery for a complete tricep tendon rupture with avulsed fragment off the ulnar aspect of olecronon and small bony fragment has been pulled off the olecronon and displaced. The ... [ Read More ]

Chevron Osteotomy of the Olecranon

[QUOTE="SandraSickler, post: 53363, member: 9521"]Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this code I can't seem to locate a code for a Chevron Osteotomy of the Olecranon, this is the first time I've... [ Read More ]

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