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I have a physician who is doing a partial amputation of the great toe that he calls a guillotine amputation. He documents that the bone is osteotomized just distal to the interphalangeal joint. What CPT code would you use?

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Alicia, CPC
 
28825 - Amputation, toe; interphalangeal joint

in 28825, an amputation through the proximal or distal interphalangeal joint is performed
 
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