Hi everyone,
My doctor wanted to use 29880 for a procedure performed of "partial medial meniscectomy and removal of bucket-handle fragment", and on his op report he stated under his arthroscopic findings that: "there was a large bucket-handle meniscus tear with the anterior aspect of the bucket-handle in the mid one third of the medial meniscus and the posterior connection of the bucket-handle at the very posterior horn of the medial meniscus. Lateral compartment was without any sign of injury". So I have advised him to use cpt 29881 but he said that his coding was right..I need help pls..
My doctor wanted to use 29880 for a procedure performed of "partial medial meniscectomy and removal of bucket-handle fragment", and on his op report he stated under his arthroscopic findings that: "there was a large bucket-handle meniscus tear with the anterior aspect of the bucket-handle in the mid one third of the medial meniscus and the posterior connection of the bucket-handle at the very posterior horn of the medial meniscus. Lateral compartment was without any sign of injury". So I have advised him to use cpt 29881 but he said that his coding was right..I need help pls..