CPT Knowledgebase - Jul 27, 2006

My physician performs an arthroscopy of the knee with menisectomy and a lateral retinacular release. There is no code included in the arthroscopic knee section that identifies the release of the retinaculum via arthroscopic approach. What code should be used to identify this procedure?

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