MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM – HUMERUS AND ELBOW 24370 Revision of total elbow arthroplasty, including allograft when performed, humeral or ulnar component 24371 Humeral and ulnar components Similar revisions for elbow arthroplasty coding based on the same logic as the revision of the shoulder arthroplasty codes. Cement is removed from the respective components (humeral or ulnar) […]
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM – SHOULDER 23473 Revision of total shoulder arthroplasty, including allograft when performed, humeral or glenoid component 23474 Humeral and glenoid component Cement is removed from the respective components (humeral or glenoid) with motorized instruments or gauges and tongs. Then the component(s) are removed, the vaults are filled in with cement and the new component(s) […]
RESPIRATORY – BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY Bronchial thermoplasty is performed to reduce the amount of smooth muscle in the airway walls of asthmatic patients using radiofrequency ablation devices. The procedure is generally performed to treat patients with severe asthma, ie, patients not well controlled on the best available medications. Asthmatics with this condition have too much smooth […]
RESPIRATORY – THORACENTESIS 32554 Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; without image guidance 32555 with image guidance 32556 Pleural drainage, percutaneous, with insertion of indwelling catheter; without image guidance 32557 with image guidance ASPIRATION VS DRAINAGE: Thoracentesis is a procedure performed to remove excess fluid (blood or pus) that has accumulated […]
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM CODES Changes to the Respiratory System chapter includes the addition of 11 new codes and the deletion of 5 codes. Only the new codes are addressed. 31647 Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with balloon occlusion, when performed, assessment of airway leak, airway sizing and insertion of bronchial valve(s), initial lobe 31648 with removal of […]
Introducing new additions to CPT for 2013: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM There was only one change to the Integumentary System chapter and it is a revision to code 15740: 15740: Flap; island pedicle requiring identification and dissection of an anatomically named axial vessel A pedicle flap consists of a full thickness of skin and subcutaneous tissue, attached […]
