Joe was in a motorcycle accident, and fractured his right femur. The surgeon placed an intramedullary locking implant (nail) through a buttock incision. What procedure code is reported? a. 27503-RT b. 27508-RT c. 27510-RT d. 27506-RT
Question
Joe was in a motorcycle accident, and fractured his right femur. The surgeon placed an intramedullary locking implant (nail) through a buttock incision. What procedure code is reported? a. 27503-RT b. 27508-RT c. 27510-RT d. 27506-RT
Solution
The correct procedure code for the surgery described, where an intramedullary locking implant (nail) was placed through a buttock incision due to a fractured femur, is 27506-RT. So, the answer is d. 27506-RT.
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