AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 2 (February)
Surgery: Musculoskeletal System (February 2008)
February 2008 page 9b Surgery: Musculoskeletal System, 20690, 20692 (Q&A) Question: With the revision of multiple open approach fracture codes with the deletion of "or external" from each of the descriptors, what codes are used to report external fixation procedures? Answer: There are two codes available to report uniplanar and multiplanar external fixation procedures: 20690, Application of a uniplane (pins or wires in one plane), unilateral, external fixation system, and 20692, Application of a multiplane (pins or wires in more than one plane), unilateral, external fixation system (eg, Ilizarov, Monticelli type). Surgery: Musculoskeletal System, 20690, 20692 (Q&A)...
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