2010年8月19日 · Surgeon did a checkrein ligament release right ring finger for a contracture. My first thought was 26055, but that just doesn;t seem right. And then he did a temporary pinning of the finger to keep it in extension. I am really stumped and I have no one here to ask for help. Will be thankful for your help

2012年3月26日 · I need help please. The doctro states 26525, but I am thinking 26123 and 26593. The report reads: Used a modified Bruner incision over the palmar aspect of the left ring finger & dissected down throught the subcutaneous tissue where I …

2009年2月14日 · Op says:" A brunner incision was made over the PIP joint. ..the flexor tendon sheath was opened just proximal to PIP joint and the checkrein ligament excised over the radial as well as the ulnar portion of the digit. Once excised the digit was able to …

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The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 26525 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Hand and Fingers.

2016年2月26日 · Flexor tendons identified and retracted, volar plate released along with checkrein at the ligaments, finger then manipulated into extended position at PIP, wire driven in oblique fashion across joint with joint held in extension.

2009年10月7日 · I would use 28285- Correction hammertoe (eg interphalangeal fusion, partial or total phalangectomy). This is the only code I can see that would relate to the release of the PIP of the toe.

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2005年6月20日 · The surgeon drilled a 3-mm hole centrally in the medial patella. He dissected free the medial collateral ligament proximally and passed the semitendinosus tendon through a subcutaneous tunnel, through the posterior third of the MCL as close to the insertion on the medial epicondyle as practical, and passed it through the drill hole in the patella.