Wiki need CPT Help..Please

[ivorytofu@hotmail.com]

avulsion toe nail. digital block...then hemostats were used to place the avulsed nail, back into the nail matrix, a cautery was used to drill a hole in the nail, a pressure dressing was applied.

This is the procedure that was done. what CPT code do I use?

Thank you

 

[suittermmtc@gmail.com]

Toe nail attachment

News to me.
I though we just let it grow back.
This sounds like an "Unlisted procedure, foot or toes" 28899

 

[Mojo]

avulsion toe nail. digital block...then hemostats were used to place the avulsed nail, back into the nail matrix, a cautery was used to drill a hole in the nail, a pressure dressing was applied.

This is the procedure that was done. what CPT code do I use?

Thank you

Did the provider separate any portion of the nail from the nail bed, to use 11730? If so, the trephination is included.

 

[kak6]

Ask physician if he repaired the nail bed, if so 11760 (it may pay more) if not then i agree 11730

 

[kristyrodecker]

The nail bed is part of the nail matrix called the sterile matrix. It extends from the edge of the germinal matrix, or lunula, to the hyponychium.