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I&D suture granuloma

I am struggling with how to code this…

Postop diagnosis: Foreign body cyst/ granuloma reaction post total knee arthroplasty.
Operation performed was I&D, removal of foreign body suture/cyst/granuloma.

Procedure summary: Left leg prepped and draped in usual sterile fashion. Time out performed. Draining sinus was located. It was the most distal portion just medial to the tibial tuberosity. Utilizing previous incision a 2cm elliptical incision was made and completely removed the small 2mm sinus. Upon removing it, the sinus tracked into a bulbous cystic region, possible early granuloma formation, what was completely elliptically removed and appeared to have some old monocryl suture within it. I further debrided the underlying tissue and irrigated copious amount of normal saline and bacitracin solution.

Dr. wants to code 27301 but I am not so sure.
Thank you!

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Removal of Suture of Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation

Good Morning – I’m hoping someone could give me some feedback on an upcoming surgery. My OB/GYN doctor did surgery on a patient (Colpopexy, vaging sacrospinous iliococcygeus CPT 57282). Now, 2 weeks after the surgery, the doctor needs to remove a suture from that same procedure and enter the same way. It is more complex than a simple suture removal – and I cannot find a CPT code and hope that someone can help me with this.
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Coding for Suture Removal

Both CPT® and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) consider suture removal to be part of a minor surgical procedure’s global package. If the same physician who placed the sutures removes them during the original procedure’s global period, you cannot report the removal separately. If a different physician removes the sutures, the removal […]
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