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“tendonopathy”

I have a physician that refuses to dictate anything other than "tendonopathy" when he treats a non-traumatic rotator cuff tear. I have addressed the office, and while I was unable to speak directly to the physician, they emailed me that his usage of the term "tendonopathy" is to indicate that the tear is due to a disease process and not trauma. (DER!) I queried him on a case that insurance was denying due to the non-specificity of the diagnosis, and asked the disease process responsible for the affected tendon and his answer was "I don’t know". (Obviously he doesn’t care either.) This event resulted in a denial for the patient.

My question is this… can anyone suggest a better code than M6792x (unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon) or is that the best I have with this uncooperative surgeon?

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