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Hello, I am new to podiatry coding and need a bit of help with this procedure...
The provider performed a 1st metatarsal-cuneiform arthrodesis (Lapidus, but not for bunion correction), followed by a naviculo-cuneiform arthrodesis, then a ran a screw from the medial cuneiform to the base of the 2nd metatarsal for a Lisfranc arthrodesis. I didn?t do a Miller in the sense that I performed a tendon lengthening, but would you code the Lapidus, and naviculo-cuneiform arthrodesis procedures under 28737 without having done a tendon lengthening? Would 28615 also go with it to cover the Lisfranc portion?
Or would code 28730 be the only code we use if it would serve as covering all of these since it?s for ?arthrodesis, midtarsal or tarsometataral, multiple or transverse.? Not sure?
Thank you.
The provider performed a 1st metatarsal-cuneiform arthrodesis (Lapidus, but not for bunion correction), followed by a naviculo-cuneiform arthrodesis, then a ran a screw from the medial cuneiform to the base of the 2nd metatarsal for a Lisfranc arthrodesis. I didn?t do a Miller in the sense that I performed a tendon lengthening, but would you code the Lapidus, and naviculo-cuneiform arthrodesis procedures under 28737 without having done a tendon lengthening? Would 28615 also go with it to cover the Lisfranc portion?
Or would code 28730 be the only code we use if it would serve as covering all of these since it?s for ?arthrodesis, midtarsal or tarsometataral, multiple or transverse.? Not sure?
Thank you.