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Feb 26th, 2010 - ksorellcoder
distal claviculectomies, size excised
There seems to be limited information as to what is the acceptable size of the clavicule excised for coding a claviculectomy. I know that some fiscal int. want to see .5 inch but others do not have a specification. Is there any infomation out there on this?
Feb 26th, 2010 - kari 10
Clavicle excision
The only information that I have seen is from AAOS which says that at least 1 cm should be taken off and not merely the shaving off of osteophytes.