A 15 year-old has been taken to surgery for crushing his index and middle fingers and injuring his digital nerves. the provider located the damaged nerves in both fingers and sutures them to restore sensory function. what cpt® codes are reported?

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Raymond Zamora

Biology

24 February, 12:28

A 15 year-old has been taken to surgery for crushing his index and middle fingers and injuring his digital nerves. the provider located the damaged nerves in both fingers and sutures them to restore sensory function. what cpt® codes are reported?

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Madelynn Lang · Answer 1

The cpt code would be 64831, 64832. The explanation behind this is 64831 is the right code to account the digital nerve was repaired. 64832 is the accurate secondary code since there was an added digital nerve that is necessary for repair. 51 is not joined to the secondary code since this code is an extra code and add-on codes are modifier 51 discharged.