Wiki knee arthroscopy with scar tissue debridement

[rgrimes]

What code would best describe Knee arthroscopy with scar tissue debridement?

298575 or 29877?

Thank you in advance.

 

[bfontaine]

Where is the scar tissue? If it's just under the skin, did he really use a scope? Was the doctor doing something else besides scar debridement?

 

[rgrimes]

scope was done. there was dense thick scar tissue in the suprapatellar pouch. He used a shaver to debride the scar tissue.