Wiki Excision of bony ossicles - AAPC Unfortunately, probably the best is an Unlisted Procedure of the Knee, 27559 As for pairing it with another code of relatively equal value, that is also tricky The closest I can find are 27327: Excision of tumor ("ossicle"), soft tissue of the knee, superficial, < 3 cm (which most of them are), or possibly 27340: Excision of Prepatellar Bursa
Wiki Coding Ossicle Tibial Tubercle - AAPC I have a patient where the physician has documented 'history of Osgood Schlatter's" with subsequent fragmentation of of tibial tubercle with ossicle I'm hesistant to assign an Osgood Schlatter code as it says history of What other DX code can I use for this?
Wiki Excision of patellar tendon ossicle with ORIF tibial tuberosity - AAPC Excision of patellar tendon ossicle I have 27540 for the ORIF tibial tubercle I was looking at 3 codes for the excision of the ossicle 27360 and 27380, 27347 27331 is included in the 27540 code, and not sure if that's appropriate anyway since the ossicle wasn't 'loose' but had to be excised
Wiki Ossicle Excision Hand Wrist - AAPC I am trying to code an Ossicle Excision for the Hand Wrist and i cannot find a code that comes near it Here is the Op note: POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: 1 Right dorsal hand mass 2 Index metacarpal base ossicle PROCEDURE: Right hand excision metacarpal nonunion ossicle INTRAOPERATIVE FINDINGS: A large dorsal index metacarpal base ossicle nonunion
Painful ossicle thumb | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC The bony ossicle was noted to be intrasubstance in the extensor tendon and involved about half the width of the extensor tendon Using sharp dissection, I was able to remove the ossicle without difficulty and the mass was sent to the lab as specimen The extensor tendon was repaired with figure of 8 stitches of 3 0 Vicryl
Open Excision of Un-united Ossicle : Orthopedic | Reader Question - AAPC Question: How do you code open excision of un-united ossicle in a patient with Osgood-Schlatters disease (732 4, juvenile osteochondrosis of lower extremity, excluding foot) The physician makes an incision over the patellar tendon and down to deep fascia The patellar tendon sheath is incised directly over the ossicle, which is a loose fragment
Wiki - Coding help | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC (Cut and moved like in Fulkerson) It was smoothed and the ossicle was removed and the pattellar tendon re-attached It may be that the provider needs education on documentation or this op report is not specific enough This appears to be more of excision of the ossicle and reattachment of the tendon, but no actual re-alignment moving
Wiki Unstable Osgood-Schlatter Ossicle - AAPC The ossicle was identified by x-ray An incision was made through the tendon right down on top of the ossicle The tendon was then elevated off the ossicle, but left in continuity with the rest of the tubercle We elevated at both medially and laterally and got circumferential control around the ossicle The ossicle was noted to be loose