In most cases, per CMS rules, surgical arthroscopy will include arthroscopic debridement of the same joint; therefore, you may not report the debridement separately. For example, you should not separately report 29874 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; for removal of loose body or foreign body (eg, osteochondritis dissecans fragmentation, chondral fragmentation) and 29877 Arthroscopy, knee, surgical; debridement/shaving […]
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