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Bunionectomy w arthroplasty?

NJcoder

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if a pat. had a austin bunionectomy (28296) on 1st toe then dr. wrote arthroplasty on 2nd toe would i still use 28296 as 2nd code?
e.g. 28296-T5 & 28296-T6???
 
for second toe we can take 28122 we can't take 28296 because 28296 only for first toe if diagnosis of both procedure is same.
 
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