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Coding Pearls - How To Code a Specific Surgical Procedure
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Coding Pearls - How To Code a Specific Surgical Procedure

by Michael Warshaw, DPM, CPC

“Need advice on codes and modifiers.... My associate removed painful hardware from a previous Lisfranc dislocation repair (only removed the hardware from the 1st met-cuneiform joint, not the other tarsometatarsal joints), and redid a 1st met - med. cuneiform arthrodesis with new hardware. He also did a sliding calcaneal osteotomy with fixation. He did a 1st proximal phalanx osteotomy. All on the right foot. Highmark insurance in PA was the health insurance carrier.
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