A 6 year old male suffered a fracture after falling off the monkey bars at school. He fell on an outstretched hand and suffered a transcondylar fracture of the left humerus. After prep and drape, a manipulation was done to achieve anatomic reduction. Once the joint was adequately reduced, pins were placed through the skin distally and originally into the bone to maintain excellent fixation and anatomic reduction. The pins were bent, trimmed and covered with a sterile dressing and a posterior splint was placed on the patient's arm. What CPT code is reported?

24538-LT

Explanation:

Cpt means Current procedural Terminology, they are codes formed by the American association of Doctors and are used for reports on medical procedures, diagnosis, surgeries procedures and for entities service.

They are also important in electronic billing because the code together with numerical diagnostic coding is used to generate medical bills used for payment.

24538-LT It is a code for fracture or dislocation of the upper and lower arm agreed upon and uses by the Association of Doctors. It is used for medical procedures and surgeries of fracture of the humerus.

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