CPT^® 27415, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 27415 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Femur (Thigh Region) and Knee Joint.

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The provider uses an open approach to directly access the knee joint. She places an allograft to repair an osteochondral defect.

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Help with bone grafting

Patient underwent revision right total knee and surgeon also performed bone grafting of osteolytic defects. I was looking at 27415 but there was no cartilage defect. Would you place mod 22 on 27487 fo... [ Read More ]

Open Osteochondral Defect Fixation?

[QUOTE="cclarson, post: 490728, member: 605894"] Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to code the fixation of an osteochondral defect. Normally I would go for 27415 or 27416, but neither an al... [ Read More ]

Open Osteochondral Defect Fixation?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to code the fixation of an osteochondral defect. Normally I would go for 27415 or 27416, but neither an allograft or autograft was used. I'm also looking a... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="scooter1, post: 450871, member: 54760"]In the first stage he did open removal of hardware. The he went arthroscopic and did a lateral meniscectomy, a notchplasty, and then used a curette, sh... [ Read More ]

2 stage ACL revision

In the first stage he did open removal of hardware. The he went arthroscopic and did a lateral meniscectomy, a notchplasty, and then used a curette, shavers and reamers to clean out the previous fem... [ Read More ]

Cpt 27415

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Help! Arthroscopy, knee with Cartiform grafts and debridement of adhesions

I need help, I am new to Orthopedic coding. The person before me billed 27415, 29875, and 38220. BCBS said 27415 is investigational and is taking their money back. They also said according to the op n... [ Read More ]

Subchondral bone graft surgery code??

Any idea what the CPT code would be for this procedure? I was thinking 27415 but it does not appear to be a open procedure. And 29867 is Arthroscopy, which I don't see in the note! All help is appreci... [ Read More ]

Open OCD repair medial femoral w/o Graft

[QUOTE="tmmajors36, post: 319522, member: 70055"]27414 is expired and no autograft or allograft was done on this note. Code would not apply[/QUOTE] I believe the code you are looking for is 27415.... [ Read More ]

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