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I have a physician that is looking for a code for an ALL knee surgery. (Anterior Lateral Ligament) The code it keeps throwing me to is for an ACL surgery and he says that is not the same surgery he is doing on this particular ligament. I am looking for an open code for this procedure so that we can bill this properly on the surgeons side and our surgery center.
Thanks for any help you can give! 
Kimmy
I have a physician that is looking for a code for an ALL knee surgery. (Anterior Lateral Ligament) The code it keeps throwing me to is for an ACL surgery and he says that is not the same surgery he is doing on this particular ligament. I am looking for an open code for this procedure so that we can bill this properly on the surgeons side and our surgery center.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Kimmy
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Code 29806 covers both anterior and posterior capsulorrhaphy. If a repair is done both anteriorly and posteriorly, it would be coded as 29806-22. The modifier 22 signifies more work than usual.
I’ve never heard that we could use a 22 mod for this- I had assumed payment for 29806 covered anterior and/or posterior repairs. I haven’t seen this advice elsewhere. Has anyone been coding it this way? What are your thoughts on this?
If the hospital pays for and supplies the equipment used for the computed assistance can the surgery charge for it? Example 27130(THR) with add on code 20985. He does use the it but does not supply it. The surgeon does not work for the hospital.
For example, I’m looking at a surgery the provider listed as labral repair for an anterior tear that goes from 1:30 to 6:00. Would it actually be a capsule repair because it doesn’t extend to the superior posterior?
Thanks!
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