CPT^® 27235, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Pelvis and Hip Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27235 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Pelvis and Hip Joint.

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In this procedure, the provider treats a femur neck fracture, or a fracture in the upper end of the femur, using screws and pins through the skin.

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Closed reduction and right hip pinning CPT help

Take a look at 27235. When you see the word pinning you can associate percutaneous depending on what is done in the body of the op note. Sometimes when they say pinning that's not what they mean but i... [ Read More ]

Do you bill 27235 and 27267 for closed reduction percutaneous screw fixation of the left femoral neck?

My question is: Are you dealing with two fractures? 27235 is for the pinning of a femoral neck fracture. 27267 is for fracture care of a femoral head. Two separate anatomical structures. Are you reall... [ Read More ]

Do you bill 27235 and 27267 for closed reduction percutaneous screw fixation of the left femoral neck?

I am not sure if it is because I am tired or what, but can someone please let me know if I am suppose to code and bill for the closed reduction and the percutaneous screw fixation?... [ Read More ]

help with hip surgery coding

If I interpret your query correctly, your physician treated Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head with Core Decompression, then added Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells as a "Graft" into the Femoral Head... [ Read More ]

Femoral neck fracture treated with percutaneous cement injection

This whole scenario is complicated by the fact that a "femoral neck fracture" hasn't really been proven. It has been "assumed" to be a Stress Fracture. The preliminary CT Scan showed "a small amount... [ Read More ]

Femoral neck fracture treated with percutaneous cement injection cement interventional radiology percutaneous

[LEFT]Hello, any advice on what code to use for this procedure of percutaneous cement injection into femoral neck due to stress fracture? The closest code I'm coming up with are CPT 27235 percutaneous... [ Read More ]

Percutaneous vs Open fixation femoral neck fracture

Can someone please confirm if this is percutaneous fixation of the femoral neck - 27235? Physician calls this ORIF femoral neck fx, but I don't see where he visualized the fracture. The DHS and cann... [ Read More ]

K wire removal during global

Good morning, I have a physician who performed/billed 24685 and 27235 on 03/19/12. Patient returned early to the office on 05/07/12 as the K-wire migrated and was causing the patient pain. The physi... [ Read More ]

Hip fracture confusion

Good Morning, Ingenix coding companion for Orthopaedics-Lower manual appears to leaning towards Percutaneous 27235 It states for Percutaneous 27235: Quote: "Treatment that is neither open or closed. ... [ Read More ]

help please!! - Dr did a closed reduction

Since the doctor is doing the pinning, I would not reduce the service with mod. 52. He is doing a percutaneous fixation of a major bone, so you might consider 27235 as a comparable.... [ Read More ]

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