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    Wiki Billing 26442 vs 26055?

    My fellow coders and I are struggling to understand when it would be medically necessary to bill a tenolsyis (26442) for a trigger finger repair instead of 26055. We have a hand practice where all surgeons ONLY bill 26442 for every trigger finger case. They never want to bill 26055. Can...
    • smfrickl
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    • tenolysis trigger finger trigger finger release
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki Trigger Finger procedure

    If the procedure performed area on the op-report States that a trigger finger release was done on the RT index finger and the body of the report mentions the RT small finger. How would you code this?
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    Wiki Excision dupuytren's nodule & trigger finger release

    My doc wants me to bill for the trigger finger portion and the nodule excision, but I feel like the nodule was incidental? Am I incorrect? Preoperative diagnosis: Right long trigger finger Dupuytren's nodule Postoperative diagnosis: Right long trigger finger Dupuytren's nodule Operation...
    • kmuth
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    • dupuytren's nodule hand coding orthopaedic trigger finger
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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    Wiki Trigger Finger Release w/ Excision Dupuytren's Nodule

    How would you code a trigger finger release with excision of dupuytren's nodule? #1 - 26160, 26055-59? #2 - 26123? The tourniquet was inflated to 200 mmHg and a 2cm bruner incision over the A1 pulley of the left ring finger and proximally over the dupuytrens disease. Starting proximally we...
    • MI_CODER
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    • dupuytren's nodule excision release trigger finger
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Orthopaedics
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