Question: What’s the difference between a spinal allograft and an autograft?
Answer: If the surgeon harvests bone from the patient’s own body, you’ll code for an autograft with one of the following codes:
+20936 — Autograft for spine surger…
Understand what FHR involves and when patients benefit.
An initial femoral head resurfacing (FHR) procedure involves only the femoral head and not the acetabular socket of the hip joint. The surgeon mills the femoral head and implants a metal hemispher…
Include this term in Box 19 to indicate the type of implant.
Question: One of our surgeons says we should use a total hip code for Birmingham resurfacing even if he doesn’t complete a total hip procedure; another physician says to use an unlisted code . What’s the correct answer?
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Answer: Both of your physicians could […]
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