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Wiki DIP arthrodesis (toe)

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Can someone please tell me the code for "correction of a lesser toe deformity w/middle phalanx corrective ostectomy & DIP arthrodesis?


Thank you in advance.
 
28285 is used for reporting interphalageal fusion (DIP arthrodesis)

"28285
Correction, hammertoe (eg, interphalangeal fusion, partial or total phalangectomy)"

I am assuming the "lesser toe deformity" is hammertoe, claw toe mallet toe, etc. 28285 can include many different types of procedures to correct the deformity. AAOS states the following are included in 28285: arthrotomy, extensor tenotomy/repair, capsulotomy (MTP is separately reportable), synovial biopsy, internal fixation, excision of exostosis, hemiphalangectomy, phalangectomy.
 
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