CPT^® 26910, Under Amputation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 26910 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Amputation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers.

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In this hand surgery procedure, the provider amputates the metacarpal bone along with a finger or thumb. He may or may not transfer the interosseous muscle.

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Amputation of supernumery digits

I am coding a proc note for the bilateral amputation of supernumerary digits of a one day old infant. This one has me stumped. The note states that these two digits were removed with a "suture techn... [ Read More ]

Coding shortening of finger

hey trent - you'd look under amputation, (because that's what they really were doing), yes - they were shortening it, but they had to amputate part. It looks like the code range 26910-26952 should b... [ Read More ]

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