An orthopedic surgeon performs tenolysis releasing the extensor tendon of the finger from adhesions. The surgery extends from the finger to the forearm.What CPT® code is reported?
The patient presents to the operating room for repair of a right proximal humerus fracture. The surgeon incises the skin over the fractured bone, the fracture is identified, adjusts the bone, and realigns the fracture. Next, the upper end of the humerus bone is replaced with a synthetic humerus bone implant.What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
A patient was brought to the operating room to repair a meniscal tear. An arthroscope is inserted into the trocar to examine the knee. Tibial plateau was in good condition. The posterior horn of the medial meniscus showed a complex tear. Using basket forceps and a full radius resector, the tear is debrided back to a healthy peripheral rim. The lateral meniscus was intact without evidence of tears.What CPT® code is reported for the repair?
A 35-year-old is coming in for trigger point injections for right-sided thoracic spine pain. Four points are injected with Depo-Medrol 40 mg/mL on the rhomboid major and rhomboid minor muscles under ultrasonic guidance.Which CPT® coding is reported for the injections?
A patient with empyema requires a Schede thoracoplasty.What CPT® code is reported for this procedure?
The documentation states:He was then sterilely prepped and draped along the flank and abdomen in the usual sterile fashion. I first made a skin incision off the tip of the twelfth rib, extending medially along the banger’s lines of the skin. This was approximately 3.5 cm in length. Once this incision was carried sharply, electrocautery was used to gain access through the external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominis musculature and fascia.What surgical approach was used for this procedure?
