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  1. Wiki - Lower Extremity Tendon Repair Help - AAPC

    Aug 24, 2009 · Hello, I rarely code feet and I am a little confused with the op report with muscle belly repair, etc. Can anyone help me code this? Thanks in advance. Dx: Torn extensor digitorum longus …

  2. ICD-10 Code for Strain of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle …

    ICD-10-CM Code for Strain of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, left foot S96.112 ICD-10 code S96.112 for Strain of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of …

  3. 27680 Could Be Best Choice for Non-Ruptured Tendon - AAPC

    Jan 1, 2010 · • For Achilles tendon debridement with FHL transfer and tenodesis FHL to FDL, choose 27680 and 27691 (Transfer or transplant of single tendon [with muscle redirection or rerouting]; deep …

  4. tendon lengthening | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC

    Jan 29, 2015 · A bilateral modified Austin bunionectomy, proximal phalangeal osteotomy, release of contracted adduction hallucis tendon, and extensor hallucis longus tendon lengthening, was …

  5. Count Each Tendon in Forearm Injury : Reader Question - AAPC

    Sep 12, 2011 · Answer: You report 25270 (Repair, tendon or muscle, extensor, forearm and/or wrist; primary, single, each tendon or muscle) x 8 for the repairs of to extensor indicis proprius (EIP), …

  6. Wiki - Z-plasty lengthening (foot) | Medical Billing and Coding ... - AAPC

    Nov 24, 2009 · Hello all, DX: Hammer toe deformity 5th right foot extension contracture purely of the extensor digitorum longus. Did a Z-plasty of the tendon with a slide allowing approx 6mm of …

  7. CPT® Code 27691 - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction ... - AAPC

    The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 27691 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction …

  8. Code Complex Wrist Repair in 4 Simple Steps - AAPC

    Jan 1, 2006 · - Partial transections of the extensor pollicis brevis, ring finger flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor pollicis longus tendons. Procedure: The surgeon irrigated and debrided full-thickness skin …

  9. CPT® Code 28200 - Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction ... - AAPC

    Surgery could involve the flexor hallucis longus, which bends down the big toe, or the flexor digitorum longus or its branches that bend down the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes. The provider does not …

  10. Wiki - CPT for "Hibbs tenosuspension" - AAPC

    Mar 9, 2017 · The Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle is a muscle of the lower leg, even though the tendons insert/attach to and activate extension of the toes. Therefore, even though the procedure …