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Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

CPT 20936 is for a morcellized autograft used in spine procedures which are obtained “through the same incision,” such as from disc material removed during a discectomy. If a morcellized autograft is ...

A Haglund’s deformity can be referred to by a number of different names such as bony enlargement, prominent bump, pump bump, or retrocalcaneal exostosis. Just as confusing is how an excision of the ...

CMS has revised the July 2016 policy for same-day, same-eyelid blepharoplasty and ptosis surgery. The new policy, which went into effect Oct. 1, 2017, allows surgeons to bill patients for a cosmetic ...

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. , Oct. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus Corporation, a global medical technology company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling, announced today ...

As of January 1, 2026, the medical coding landscape has undergone its most significant transformation in years, with the AMA releasing 418 CPT changes and CMS finalizing updated ICD-10-CM guidelines ...

The medical coding landscape has shifted dramatically with the 2026 CPT updates, introducing 288 new codes and revising hundreds more across critical specialties like radiology, pathology, and ...