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    Medial Parapatellar arthrotomy help!

    Can anyone help me with coding for this surgery? I'm very stuck and the codes the doctor wrote down do not seem to match what was actually done. Thank you in advance! PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Left knee patella chondral defects secondary to patella subluxation episode. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS...
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    Wiki Direct to Spacer Hip Case

    I am in touch with a doctor who is asking me for the correct codes for a direct to spacer case, which he does not think he has ever done before. He said it could also theoretically be an arthrotomy hip for debridement with placement of abx spacer code as well. He says they are technically...
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