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Shoulder Oats procedure
What is the CPT® code for a shoulder OATS procedure Allograft and open. Thank you
Mariam
re: Shoulder Oats procedure
Aetna, Cigna and others consider all of the following procedures experimental and investigational because their effectiveness has not been established:
Autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty in the treatment of articular cartilage defects/lesions;
Hybrid autologous chondrocyte implantation/osteochondral autograft transfer system (OATS) technique for the treatment of osteochondral defects;
OATS in the treatment of articular cartilage defects/lesions;
Osteochondral autograft transplantation to repair chondral defects of the elbow, patellar, shoulder, or other joints.
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