You are a new medical coder that works for an Orthopedic medical practice. Patients are often seen for fractures or dislocations which require either a cast or splint. A common patient encounter may be for application of a long-arm split.
Apply your knowledge of CPT to this patient scenario.
Include the following aspects in the assignment:
Describe what a long-arm splint is and when this would be appropriate
Provide the CPT code from the Surgery section which would identify application of a long-arm split
List the steps of how you arrived at this code and explain how this is important for reimbursement purposes
