CPT^® 26615, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 26615 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 repairs a fractured metacarpal bone through an incision in the hand. She may apply hardware to the bone to hold it in place as it heals.

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Repair of Metacarpal Malunion - CPT 26546 or 26565?

I would report 26615 and append modifier 22 if supported. Malunion and nonunion are not the same.... [ Read More ]

Open repair of the right 5th metacarpal fracture and also tenolysis of extensor digitorum quinti and EDC of the 5th finger

Procedure performed: Open repair of the right 5th metacarpal fracture and also tenolysis of extensor digitorum quinti and EDC of the 5th finger. In op report " A serpentine incision was then carried ... [ Read More ]

closed reduction(small finger) plus open (ring finger)

In that case, yes you can bill the closed procedure for the small finger and the open procedure for the ring finger. 26605 is a column 2 for 26615, so it would require a 59 or XS modifier (depending o... [ Read More ]

Metacarpal ORIF with Osteotomy

Hello all, My provider is giving me CPT codes; [INDENT][B]26565[/B] (Osteotomy; metacarpal, each) [/INDENT] [INDENT][B]26615 [/B](Open treatment of metacarpal fracture, single, includes internal ... [ 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 ]

Simple wound repair with fracture and tendon repairs etc.

We are the payer, and we denied 12005. The doctor's office is appealing, stating that it wasn't for closing the surgical wound, so it should be payable with modifier 59. NCCI edits bundle 12005 (sim... [ Read More ]

Simple wound repair with fracture repairs, tendon repairs etc.

59 Modifier with 26615

Hello...I have a patient who fractured the 3rd and 4th metacarpal of the left hand and doc did an ORIF on each. I'm coding 26615-LT twice but not sure if I need to add mod 59 to the second one. Than... [ Read More ]

bone allograft

[b]Bone Graft[/b] I would use Codes: 26615 (Open tx of metacarpal fracture, single, includes internal fixation, when performed, each bone) 20900 (Bone graft, any donor area, minor or small) Hope t... [ Read More ]

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