Wiki Sternal Plating & Sternal Rewiring- Help! - AAPC
2013年4月25日 · 1.) Pt is morbidly obese, Dr states several times he took over a hour just to put lines in the pt's neck. Then spent lenghty time performing a off pump cabg then closing the pt up, he used several sternal plates. Tritium cable plates, 2 xplates, one in the manubrium, one midportion, and one box plate fir the lower portion of sternum.
Wiki Open reduction/internal fixation of sternum - AAPC
2014年2月10日 · One of my cardiac surgeons recently did an open reduction and internal fixation of the sternum using the "biomet plating system" on a patient who recently had aortic aneurysm repair, now with unstable sternum. The only cpt code that i have used for sternal closure is '21750'. Has anyone ever coded the above, and if so, what cpt code was used ...
CPT ® 21825, Under Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 21825 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Neck (Soft Tissues) and Thorax.
Wiki CABG/Internal sternal plate closure - AAPC
2012年7月17日 · On morbidly obese patient's my surgeon will close the sternum sometimes with internal sternal fixation with Biomet microfixation sternal lock blue plates after a CABG or valve replace/repair procedure. Am I thinking correctly that this complex closure of the sternum is bundled in with the CABG...
CPT ® 00550, Under Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures - AAPC
CPT Code 00550, Anesthesia, Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures - Codify by AAPC
Wiki Next day sternal closure can it be coded? - AAPC
2019年2月18日 · The sternal wires were then tightened and cut. The 2 Biomet straight fixation plates were then attached to the sternum and the corresponding ribs and fixated with #12 screws (a total of 14). His resulted in a very secure sternal closure. Further antibiotic irrigation was applied and then the wound was closed in layers.
Sternum Reconstruction | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
2021年6月22日 · We then used sternal plating using 10mm screws through the methyl methacrylate sternum to the body of the sternum securely. The biomesh was sewn first, covering the anterior mediastinum. We did cover the mediastinum with synthess DePuy Biomesh which was quite long and wide.
CPT ® 21750, Under Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 21750 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Neck (Soft Tissues) and Thorax.
Wiki Need help coding anesthesia for sternal debridement - AAPC
2016年4月28日 · sternal wounds. 2. Necrotic material in the muscle and fascial layers. 3. Undermining of the skin in the superior aspect of the wound with hematoma formation. 4. Necrotic fragments with involucrum of the superior plate of the sternal bone in the inferior wound. SPECIMENS: Wound debris sent for microbiological examination including Gram stain,
Removal Sternal Wires | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC
2010年11月15日 · How deep did the physician have to go to pull the sternal wires out. I have used both 10120 and 10121 depending on the documentation. With possible ICD-9 diagnosis depending on what the physician calls out. 733.99 Foreign body, old or residual, bone 729.6 Foreign body, old or residual, skin 729.6 Foreign body, old or residual, soft tissue