Medical Coding

1)     Assign the CPT Code(s) and appropriate modifiers to each statement.

 

The physician treated a soft tissue abscess that was due to osteomyelitis by making an incision and examining, debriding, and draining the subfascia; the physician also irrigated the affected area, examined underlying tissue and bone for signs of infection, and closed the site.

2)      Patient underwent exploration of a penetrating wound of the chest, which involve surgical exploration and enlargement of the wound, debridement, removal of a foreign body, and ligation of subcutaneous tissue.

3)      Open bone biopsy, superficial, left femur.

4)      Patient underwent aspiration of ganglion cyst, right wrist.

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5)      Patient received a cortisone injection to a single trigger point, which consisted of the trapezius deltoid, and latissimus dorsi muscles.

6)      A patient diagnosed with joint contracture of the right ankle underwent application of a multiplane external fixation device.

7)      A patient severed his right index finger while using a chain saw.  He underwent successful replantation of the index finger, which included metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint insertion of flexor sublimis tendon.

8)      Fascia lata graft was harvested using a stripper.

9)      Patient underwent structural allograft as part of an arthrodesis, posterior technique, craniocervical (occiput-C2).

10)  Electrical stimulation procedure was performed to aid bone healing, invasive type.