This is a guide for Podiatrists on billing Ankle Arthroscope and answering common questions associated with Ankle Arthroscopy:
Removal of loose Body and synovitis: 29897
Drilling of Defect 29891, without drilling mentioned in the operative report you cannot bill 29891:
http://www.aapc.com/memberarea/forums/showthread.php?t=61463
If you start a procedure with a scope and transfer to open use V64.43
Here are the CPT Codes:
29850 Arthroscopically aided treatment of intercodylar spine(s) and/or tuberosity fracture(s) of the knee, with or without manipulation; without internal or external fixation (includes arthroscopy)
29851 with internal or external fixation (includes arthroscopy)
29855 Arthroscopically aided treatment of tibial fracture, proximal (plateau); unicondylar, includes internal fixation, when performed (includes arthroscopy)
29856 bicondylar, includes internal fixation, when performed (includes arthroscopy)
29888 Arthroscopically aided anterior cruciate ligament repair/augmentation or reconstruction
29889 Arthroscopically aided posterior cruciate ligament repair/augmentation or reconstruction
29892 Arthroscopically aided repair of large osteochondritis dissecans lesion, talar dome fracture, or tibial plafond fracture, with or without internal fixation (includes arthroscopy)
If you have any question this website goes into fine detail on all the Ankle Scope Codes listed above:
How to bill when more then one arthroscopy is done and how diagnostic ankle arthroscopy does not have a code:
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/sep11/managing1.asp
How to code an Ankle Arthroscope to an Open Procedure:
Billing an ankle scope with a Modified Brostrom Procedure:
http://www.supercoder.com/my-ask-an-expert/topic/brostroms-repair
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