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- Wiki - Hardware Removal Confusion | Medical Billing and . . .
Do I use CPT code 20680 for the removal or 24160 (implant removal; elbow joint)? The Ingenix Coding Companion manual states to use 20670 or 20680 for removal of K-wire or pin In looking at 20680 the implant examples are (buried wire, pin, screw, metal band, nail, rod or plate) What is the deciding factor on which CPT code is used 20680 or 24160?
- Best Ways for Reporting Orthopedic Implant Removal
CPT 20680 – Deep implant removal procedures According to the CPT codebook, 20680 should be reported for: Removal of hardware from proximal radius, other than radial head prosthesis; Removal of hardware from distal humerus or proximal ulna, other than humeral or ulnar prosthesis; or; Removal of hardware, other than humeral and or glenoid
- (2023) CPT Code 20680 | Description, Billing Guidelines . . .
Enter the appropriate 20670 or CPT code 20680 number if just one or two screws are removed and the procedure is short Codes 24160-24164 should be used to bill for removing an implant from the elbow or radial head You should use the proper code for the duration of the operation rather than the 20670 or CPT code 20680
- CPT 20680 : Removal of internal fixation implant - Medycoding
Removal of two different and noncontiguous implants from two different bones using separate incisions (eg, radius and ulna) may be reported twice by using code 20680
- Clarification of Hardware Removal - Beckers ASC
It would be appropriate to report 20680 and 20680-59 for a bimalleolar fracture when screw(s) are removed from the lateral malleolus (distal fibula) and then a plate with screws are removed from the medial malleolus (tibia) through a separate incision
- OHIMA Blog: Implant Removals: Superficial and Deep
It is appropriate to assign 20680 multiple times if there are removals at a different site or noncontiguous parts of the same bone For example, if a patient had both tibial and fibular shaft fractures with plate screw removals of both bones, 20680 would be assigned twice, once for each bone
- What CPT Code Is Used for Deep Implant Removal? (20680 . . .
We should report code 20680 twice – once for the humerus and again for the radius, applying the modifier 59, “Distinct Procedural Service,” to one of the codes The rationale is simple: even though the pins are removed at the same time, the removal of each individual pin represents a distinct surgical intervention
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