Can CPT code 28300 be billed twice?
Through MUE edits would suggest only one osteotomy per day is common, it would be appropriate to bill CPT code 28300 twice to reflect each procedure. The CPT would be billed as two line items with the appropriate site modifier and modifier -59 appended to the second surgical charge.
What is the CPT code for Cotton osteotomy?
28300
Response: This is a common double osteotomy that I perform. I have no problem being reimbursed. Two separate incisions must be used. CPT 28300 x2 is the correct code with the second procedure code appended with a “-59” modifier.
What is Evans calcaneal osteotomy?
The Evans osteotomy is an anterior beak osteotomy of the calcaneus with bone graft lengthening. It offers triplanar correction of symptomatic flexible flatfoot by adducting and plantarflexing the forefoot, and supinating the subtalar joint.2.
How do you repair peroneal tendons?
The operation is an open procedure, that is not a key-hole procedure. An incision is made over the peroneal tendons, and the tendons assessed for damage. If the tendon is torn then it can be repaired with sutures. If the cause is degeneration and swelling then the the pathological tissue is simply excised.
What is the CPT code for Evans osteotomy?
The Evans procedure (28260) talks about releasing joints and lengthening tendons which is not in the documentation.
Does 28285 need a modifier?
If the op-reports support that these procedures were performed on different areas of the right foot, a corrected claim should be submitted with modifier 59 in addition, to the T6 modifier for CPT 28285.
What is included in 28285?
CPT® 28285 in section: Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Foot and Toes.
What does an Evans osteotomy do?
In addition to lengthening the lateral column and reducing forefoot abduction, the Evans calcaneal osteotomy realigns the midtarsal joint and reduces calcaneal eversion. It also places tension on the long plantar ligaments and provides significant arch elevation and stabilization.
What is Evans Cotton osteotomy?
The Cotton osteotomy is a medial cuneiform opening wedge osteotomy with the wedge based dorsally to plantarflex the medial column (1). It has been traditionally used in conjunction with other procedures to correct a pes planovalgus foot with forefoot varus deformity.
What is the CPT code for akin osteotomy?
The Akin Procedure/Phalanx Osteotomy procedure (CPT code 28298) involves the removal of a medially-based bony wedge from the base of the proximal phalanx to correct its axis. The Lagroscino or Austin-Akin/Double Osteotomy procedure (CPT code 28299) is for a severe hallux valgus or a congruent joint.
What is the CPT code for Austin bunionectomy?
Response: The proper way to code an Austin-Akin-type bunionectomy is with the single code, CPT 28299. In the professional edition of the CPT book, there is an example illustration of a distal 1st metatarsal, proximal hallux phalanx set of osteotomies with bunionectomy.
What is CPT code 22830?
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 22830 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Exploration Procedures on the Spine ( Vertebral Column).