CPT Knowledgebase - Nov 3, 2021

When a surgeon performs a revision total knee arthroplasty with polyethylene component exchange only, one or both components (27486 or 27487), is it appropriate to report modifier 52 with either code? Or would only code 27486 be reported with modifier 52?

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