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    Wiki need help coding this bunion procedure

    I need some help coding this foot surgery. Procedure was done in 2019 and we are still dealing with it. The provider has chosen the following codes: code Denial 28298 28313-59...
    • Lunap99
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    • bunion hammertoe platelet
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Podiatry
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    Wiki Adjacent tissue transfer for surgical closure?

    My surgeon wants me to report an adjacent tissue transfer for closure of surgical wound for a hammertoe repair. I think this is incorrect and that surgical closure wound be included in the global package. Please provide some guidance. Thank you!!!
    • ADV
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    • adjacent tissue transfer hammertoe surgical package
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Podiatry
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    Wiki Hammertoe Correction

    I am just learning Podiatry coding and have a question about the following hammertoe repair. The patient has "hammertoe deformity, second digit, proximal interphalangeal joint right foot." And "hammertoe deformity, second digit, distal interphalangeal joint. The doctor performed an...
    • Hulah
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    • distal interphalangeal hammertoe proximal interphalangeal
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Podiatry
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    Wiki Need some help, please.

    broken implant / new surgery Any suggestions on how this should be billed? The doctor insists that this current procedure should be billed as 28675. But, I'm not convinced. Our department thinks this should be billed as an unlisted 28899. Any thoughts? he removed an old broken implant and...
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