tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 10

You Be the Coder: Here's Help Selecting the Correct Achilles Repair Code

Question: Operative notes indicate that the surgeon repaired a patient's Achilles tendon with a graft. I looked in the CPT®book and noticed that there were three Achilles tendon repair codes. Which one should I choose? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: You'll need to check the op report for more information, or check with the surgeon, to dig out more encounter specifics. There are three Achilles tendon repair codes, which you'll use as the notes dictate: 27650 (Repair, primary, open or percutaneous, ruptured Achilles tendon). Use this repair code when the provider performs a primary repair on a patient's Achilles tendon...

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