CPT Corner Articles

• Use accurate codes when reporting hand infection procedures (October/November 2008)
• Know what's global in trigger release and stenosing tenosynovitis(October/November 2007)
• How should a surgeon report tendon or joint synovectomies? (October/November 2006)
• Know what is global in carpal tunnel surgery (July 2005) 
• Use new joint manipulation codes accurately (January 2005) 
• Reconstructive nail bed procedures require accuracy in coding (May 2003) 
• Clearing up confusion on flexor tenorrhaphy coding (October/November 2002) 
• Flexor tenorrhaphy coding requires dictation accuracy (September 2002) 
• CPT injection codes became more consistent after rewrite (July 2002) 
• A summary of new hand codes that appeared in CPT 2002 (April 2002) 
• Use Dupuytren’s contracture codes accurately (March 2002) 
• ‘Pearls’ assist coding of lesion excision procedures (March 2000) 
• How secondary carpal tunnel procedures coded? (June 1999) 
• What's global in coding carpal tunnel surgery? (May 1999) 
• Tendon reconstruction poses coding challenges (Sep. 1998) 
• Extensor tendon injuries require coding precision (Aug. 1998) 
• Flexor tendon coding requires clarity (July 1998) 
• Watch CPT 'nuances' when coding nail bed procedures (June 1998) 
• Coding fingertip injuries (May 1994) 

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• New CPT codes introduced for 1996 (March 1996) 
• Anesthesia performed by the surgeon (May 1996) 
• Medicare "Correct Coding Initiative" (February 1996) 
• Everything (almost) you always wanted to know about coding soft tissue excisions (August 1995) 
• Commonly used modifiers can also be confusing (April 1995) 
• Potpourri: 1995 CPT code changes (February 1995) 
• New CPT Codes introduced in 1994 (February 1994) 
• Accurate coding and the boards (January 1994) 
• Stacked procedure codes must be used precisely (October/November 1992) 
• Translating consultation codes can lead to confusion (March 1992)