Medical Coding A patient injured his elbow in a motorcycle accident. The physician had to excise...
Medical Coding
A patient injured his elbow in a motorcycle accident. The physician had to excise the radial head and replace it with an implant. How should these services be reported?
a. 24130
b. 24999
c. 24365
d.24366
Homework Answers
ANSWER.
CPT code for patient had to excise the radical head and replace
with an implant.
d) 24366 - Arthroplasty,radical head; with implant.
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