What is coracoid process transfer?
What is coracoid process transfer?
In this open surgery technique, also known as the Latarjet procedure, your surgeon transfers a piece of bone from your shoulder blade to the front of your shoulder socket. This helps hold the ball in the socket of the shoulder joint and provides extra protection against continual dislocation of the joint.
What happens in a Latarjet procedure?
The Latarjet procedure involves the removal and transfer of a section of the coracoid process and its attached muscles to the front of the glenoid. This placement of the coracoid acts as a bone block which, combined with the transferred muscles acting as a strut, prevents further dislocation of the joint.
When is a Latarjet procedure required?
This Latarjet procedure is typically reserved if a patient experiences anterior (to the front of the shoulder socket) bone loss during a dislocation, a dislocation that cannot be reduced, or chronic shoulder instability.
What is the CPT code for Latarjet procedure?
The following Current Procedural Terminology codes were searched: 29806 (arthroscopic stabilization), 23455 (open capsulolabral repair), 23466 (open capsular shift), 23462 (Latarjet coracoid transfer), and 23460 (open anterior capsulorrhaphy with other bone block augmentation).
How painful is Latarjet surgery?
A nerve block may be used during the surgery. This means that immediately after the operation the shoulder and arm often feel completely numb. This may last for a few hours. After this the shoulder may well be sore and you will be given painkillers to help this whilst in hospital.
What is the difference between CPT code 29806 and 29807?
If the repair is a SLAP, you’d code work done on the upper half of the labrum as 29807 (Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; repair of SLAP lesion). If the repair was in the lower half of the labrum, you’d use instead code 29806 (Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical; capsulorraphy).
What is procedure code 29828?
CPT® 29828, Under Endoscopy/Arthroscopy Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 29828 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Endoscopy/Arthroscopy Procedures on the Musculoskeletal System.
