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Anyone have any experience with coding excision of a tophus at the interphalangeal joint for gouty arthritis? I'm looking at 26808.
4 maj 2021 · If the tophaceous deposit/material was removed from the MTPJ, the most appropriate CPT code to bill is 28022 which is defined as: Arthrotomy, including exploration, drainage, or removal of loose or foreign body; metatarsophalangeal joint.
In this procedure, the provider resects a fast growing benign or malignant tumor of distal phalanx finger along with healthy surrounding tissues. A provider performs a radical resection for recurrent tumors, aggressive tumors, and metastatic tumors.
12 sty 2022 · If the soft tissue mass was located within the foot and it appeared to be a gouty tophus and it was affecting a joint, the appropriate CPT codes to consider would be the following: CPT 28020 Arthrotomy, including exploration, drainage, or removal of loose or foreign body; intertarsal or tarsometatarsal joint
5 dni temu · Excisional debridement of gouty tophi. A patient is seen at our facility for an excisional debridement of severe gouty tophi of the left index and long finger of the proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints. Our coders were instructed to code this procedure to an excision of tumor. However, some of the coders feel this ...
4 gru 2015 · #1. Exploration of subcutaneous posterior region with bursectomy and excision of large gouty tophus; irrigation debridement distal triceps area and olecranon area with debridement of gouty tophus material; reinforcement of distal triceps attachment. I was thinking: 24342, 24105, 11042 ( I am new, so I may be way off) Last edited: Dec 4, 2015.
Excerpt. Tophaceous gout is characterised by nodular masses of deposited monosodium urate crystals (MSU) due to untreated or partially treated hyperuricaemia with associated chronic inflammation and destructive changes in the surrounding joints and soft tissues.
