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Wiki Compartment Release - Patient has bilateral compartment syndrome

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Patient has bilateral compartment syndrome and do is doing a bilateral compartment release with superficial peroneal nerve release.

Need help finding the CPT codes.
 
since peroneal nerve has been released the compartment syndrome occurs in legs . Release of nerve called neuroplasty and peroneal nerve is a periperal nerve leg so can code 64708 i think.
 
First I need to correct my post from Friday... Oops!!! - Should have said
"27892-27894" not 29874 (That CPT is stuck in my brain lately!!)

Still sounds to me as you may apply one of 27892, 27893 or 27894.
64708 indicates a Neuroplasty, and I don't see this as the case here.
The superficial peroneal nerve is located in the lateral compartment of the leg... I do believe the superficial peroneal nerve release would be inclusive of these codes. I would like another opinion as well though... Anyone have any additional info??
Thanks!!
 
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Thats Ok I completely missed the part about the peroneal nerve! All I read was compartment syndrom and I kept saying Ok where?? It must have been 5 O'clock somewhere!
 
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