AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Aspiration and Injection of Bone Marrow at Fracture Site

A patient presented for an open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) of a right trimalleolar ankle fracture. Bone marrow aspirate was obtained from the calcaneus bone. Following ORIF, bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) was injected into the fracture site after the skin was closed. Would it be appropriate to code the aspiration and injection of BMAC or is this considered inherent to the overall surgical objective? If placement of the BMAC is coded separately, what are the appropriate code assignments? ...

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