CPT^® 28120, Under Excision Procedures on the Foot and Toes

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 28120 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Excision Procedures on the Foot and Toes.

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In this procedure, the provider removes the infected portion of the talus or calcaneus bone using craterization, saucerization, or diaphysectomy.

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Re-attachment of Achilles

Yes, that is correct, unfortunately. It is an intrinsic part of the calcaneal ostectomy 28118 (if performed from the posterior aspect ie: retro calcaneal exostosis) or partial excision bone, calcaneu... [ Read More ]

Removal of Os Trigonum

CPT Assistant, October 2020 Page: 14 Category: Frequently Asked Questions [B]Question:[/B] What is the appropriate CPT code to report for an excision of os trigonum of the talus because there seems t... [ Read More ]

Kissing Lesions

Can someone advise me on coding for kissing lesion on Talus. Is it consider exostosis or more like a bone cyst? 28120-28124 or 28100-28108. I did see article from AAOS bulletin 2003, but its not speci... [ Read More ]

Need help on these ankle procedures.

Agree with 29898 It's a debate between 28120 or 28100 or both. I think both. There's a CPT Assistant about this where 28120 is used more for infection (osteomyelitis) and when I've see this it's usual... [ Read More ]

Need help on these ankle procedures.

My thoughts are 29898, 28120 x 2 ?, 27626... [ Read More ]

CPT 28120 or 28302? 28120 28302 excision nonunion talar excision talar nonunion

Any thoughts on which code best fits what was done here, 28120 or 28302? 13 year old patient with left ankle posterior talar Shephard's fracture that went on to nonunion now with persistent pain and... [ Read More ]

28003/28005 with 28120, 28122, 28222, etc bundling debridement diabetic foot podiatry wound care

I am new to podiatry coding. There is a physician billing 28003 and 28005 (which are NCCI bundled with the following)... 28122, 28062, 28222, 28120.... Mostly diabetic foot infection procedures for de... [ Read More ]

ostectomy of calcaneus and hardware removal

Postoperative diagnoses” [LIST=1] [*]Symptomatic hardware [*]Peroneal tenosynovitis [*]Painful calcaneal maulnion [*]Painful scar tissue [/LIST] Procedures performed: [LIST=1] [*]Hardware removal ... [ Read More ]

Toe Debridement and Amputation

The right foot wound on the planter aspect of the distal 4th and 5th metatarsal was excisionally, sharply debrided to remove all non-viable dermis, tissue, muscle, tendon, bone using a scalpel, scisso... [ Read More ]

FIFTH METATARSAL OSTECTOMY AT THE BASE

Code 28120 is for removal of bone from the talus or calcaneus so this would not be the proper code for removal of bone from the 5th MT. Code 28122 could be the code your looking for. But I would ask y... [ Read More ]

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