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CPT® 26952, Under Amputation Procedures on the Hand and Fingers

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 26952 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 procedure, the provider performs primary or secondary amputation of a finger or thumb at any joint or phalanx level along with the removal of nerve tissue. He performs local advancement flap closure of the wound. Primary amputation is when the provider amputates the finger or thumb at any joint or phalanx immediately after the acute injury or infection. Secondary amputation is when the provider amputates the finger or thumb at any joint or phalanx after a previous amputation that has failed to heal properly.

                  

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Provider wants to bill 26952 and 11044
The code that your physician has in mind is 11010 which is for debridement of an open fracture. When you have an open fracture, you can bill 11010. Codes 26952 & 11044 hit an edit, meaning that in ord... [ Read More ]
Provider wants to bill 26952 and 11044
Hi, I am having issues with a provider insisting on billing 11044 with 26952. He says because it was a traumatic partial amputation of the right index finger, that he can bill for the debridement wi... [ Read More ]
Thumb tip amputation with flap closure
[QUOTE="fish4codes, post: 474313, member: 400219"] Not sure if I am understanding the OP note entirely, if it was an amputation (or any removal of bone therein) and you did a flap closure you would us... [ Read More ]
Thumb tip amputation with flap closure
Not sure if I am understanding the OP note entirely, if it was an amputation (or any removal of bone therein) and you did a flap closure you would use 26952, If it was a debridement of an OPEN fractu... [ Read More ]
finger amputation/biopsy/Peripheral nerve block
[b]amputation/biopsy/Peripheral nerve block[/b] [I][COLOR="#0000FF"]Please !!! could some one help with coding below, should I code Biopsy with Peripheral nerve block ? do I need any modifier?[/COLO... [ Read More ]
Finger amputation CPT code
[QUOTE="Orthocoderpgu, post: 439366, member: 29238"]There was a fracture of the distal phalanx, and in the note the physician states that he dissected the remaining portion of the bone free. This was ... [ Read More ]
Finger amputation CPT code
I would go with 26952: Documentation states, "...The decision was therefore made to complete the amputation." and "...distal phalanx was then dissected free." CPT lay descriptions: 26951-26952 (269... [ Read More ]
Failed finger replantation converted to amputation failed replantation finger amputation
How would you code this? Patients phalanx was replanted with good blood flow. However, during the surgery blood flow began to fail & the procedure was converted to a finger amputation with closure. D... [ Read More ]
Nail/finger op note help please
11012? 11760 x2 F1/F2 26952? This one has me stumped and looking to how others would code. Thank you J,CCS,CPC DIAGNOSIS: 1. Left index finger, long finger, ring finger complex lacerations POS... [ Read More ]
Help with op note
11012? 11760 x2 F1/F2 26952? This one has me stumped and looking to how others would code. Thank you J,CCS,CPC DIAGNOSIS: 1. Left index finger, long finger, ring finger complex lacerations POS... [ Read More ]
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