CPT^® 26608, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 26608 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers.

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The provider inserts wires or pins directly through the skin into a fractured metacarpal bone in the hand to hold it in place as it heals.

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Closed treatment/ perc pinning of a LT 4th & 5th Carpal Metacarpal fx/dislocation

What CPT code would you use - the perc pinning of the metacarpal Fx code or carpometacarpal dislocation code? He also says there is a small hamate fx. I was thinking 26676 but the facility billed 2... [ Read More ]

ORIF WITH PERCUTANEOUS PINNING

If you were to look up the diagnosis under dislocation, it states underneath in the index 'with fracture- see Fracture'. So I would just code it as fracture. With that said, you can then rule out the ... [ Read More ]

ORIF WITH PERCUTANEOUS PINNING

First, patient has a right fourth mcp fracture dislocation. Is it a fracture or a dislocation? Second, do I bill and ORIF (26615)or a percutaneous pinning(26608) for fracture or do I bill percutaneou... [ Read More ]

Closed Reduction with manipulation and percutaneous K-wire fixation

Patient had a closed reduction with manipulation and percutaneous K-wire fixation of left ring finger proximal phalanx intraarticular head fracture. Provider is saying to use CPT 26548 which I totally... [ Read More ]

Fracture and dislocation treatment dislocation fixation fracture reduction

Does anyone know if we can code a closed reduction of both a fracture AND dislocation at the same site? It looks like the codes I am considering are not bundled, but I'm still not sure if it is techni... [ Read More ]

26608 and wound closure

Can you code 26608 with 13131? Or should it be 12045? Operative note: On 07/14/2017 patient was seen in the emergency department taken back to the operating room to the preoperative area where the ... [ Read More ]

Closed reduction of fracture

[QUOTE="Kelly_Mayumi, post: 371435, member: 7671"]Does anyone use the F1-FA modifiers on 26608? I understand a metacarpal isn't technically a digit, per say, but the code specifies each bone. And wo... [ Read More ]

Closed reduction of fracture

Does anyone use the F1-FA modifiers on 26608? I understand a metacarpal isn't technically a digit, per say, but the code specifies each bone. And wouldn't it make more sense to specify which bones i... [ Read More ]

reduce, pin, externally fixate finger?

You cannot code both fracture surgery codes 26607 and 26608 when reduction is performed on the same bone/same finger. What you have is a 26608 and a 2069-51 for the uniplane device.... [ Read More ]

reduce, pin, externally fixate finger?

How do I bill a closed treatment with manipulation, percutaneous pinning and application of uniplanar small hand external fixator, 5th metacarpal. I feel like I should be billing CPT 26607 - Closed t... [ Read More ]

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