CPT Knowledgebase - Feb 26, 2014

Is code 27698, Repair, secondary, disrupted ligament, ankle, collateral (eg, Watson-Jones procedure), the appropriate code to report when a Brostrom-Gould procedure is performed? The calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) and anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) are taken off the fibula and then reefed back down, with the extensor retinaculum incorporated with the ligaments, securing them with anchors into the fibula. It may be the primary repair done sometime after the index injury or onset of condition.

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