CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 9, 2022

Is it appropriate to report code 26442 twice when a surgeon makes an incision in the palm extending into the finger, opens the tendon sheath, dissects to expose both the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendons in both the palm and the finger, and performs a tenolysis of both tendons?

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