CPT Codes For General Introduction Or Removal Procedures On The Musculoskeletal System

Below is a list summarizing the CPT codes for general introduction or removal procedures on the musculoskeletal system.

CPT Code 20500

CPT 20500 describes the injection of a sinus tract for therapeutic purposes as a separate procedure.

CPT Code 20501

CPT 20501 describes the injection of a sinogram for diagnostic purposes.

CPT Code 20520

CPT 20520 describes removing a simple foreign body in a muscle or tendon sheath.

CPT Code 20525

CPT 20525 describes the removal of a foreign body from a muscle or tendon sheath that is deep or complicated.

CPT Code 20526

CPT 20526 describes injecting a therapeutic agent, such as a local anesthetic or corticosteroid, for carpal tunnel.

CPT Code 20527

CPT 20527 describes injecting an enzyme such as collagenase to treat the palmar fascial cord, commonly known as Dupuytren’s contracture.

CPT Code 20550

CPT 20550 describes the injection of a single tendon sheath, ligament, or aponeurosis (e.g., plantar “fascia”).

CPT Code 20551

CPT 20551 describes the injection of a single tendon origin/insertion.

CPT Code 20552

CPT 20552 describes injecting single or multiple trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles.

CPT Code 20553

CPT 20553 describes injecting single or multiple trigger points in three or more muscles.

CPT Code 20555

CPT 20555 describes the placement of needles or catheters into muscle and/or soft tissue for subsequent interstitial radioelement application, either at the time of or after the procedure.

CPT Code 20560

CPT 20560 describes needle insertion(s) without injection(s) for 1 or 2 muscle(s).

CPT Code 20561

CPT 20561 describes needle insertion(s) without injection(s) for three or more muscles.

CPT Code 20600

CPT 20600 describes arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of a small joint or bursa without ultrasound guidance, such as fingers or toes.

CPT Code 20604

CPT 20604 describes arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of a small joint or bursa (e.g., fingers, toes) with ultrasound guidance, permanent recording, and reporting.

CPT Code 20605

CPT 20605 describes arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of an intermediate joint or bursa without ultrasound guidance.

CPT Code 20606

CPT 20606 describes ultrasound guidance for arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of an intermediate joint or bursa, such as the temporomandibular, acromioclavicular, wrist, elbow or ankle, olecranon bursa, with permanent recording and reporting.

CPT Code 20610

CPT 20610 describes arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of a major joint or bursa (e.g., shoulder, hip, knee, subacromial bursa) without ultrasound guidance.

CPT Code 20611

CPT 20611 describes using ultrasound guidance for arthrocentesis, aspiration, and/or injection of a major joint or bursa (e.g., shoulder, hip, knee, subacromial bursa) with permanent recording and reporting.

CPT Code 20612

CPT 20612 describes aspiration and/or ganglion cyst(s) injection in any location.

CPT Code 20615

CPT 20615 describes aspiration and injection for the treatment of bone cysts.

CPT Code 20650

CPT 20650 describes the insertion of a wire or pin with the application of skeletal traction and the removal of the same as a separate procedure.

CPT Code 20660

CPT 20660 describes the application of cranial tongs, calipers, or stereotactic frames, including removal as a separate procedure.

CPT Code 20661

CPT 20661 describes the application of the halo, including removal and cranial.

CPT Code 20662

CPT 20662 describes halo application, including removal, for pelvic purposes.

CPT Code 20663

CPT 20663 describes the halo application, including removing a femoral device.

CPT Code 20664

CPT 20664 describes the application of a halo, including removal, for cranial osteology with six or more pins placed, such as for pediatric patients, hydrocephalus, or osteogenesis imperfecta with a thin skull.

CPT Code 20665

CPT 20665 describes the removal of tongs or halo applied by another individual.

CPT Code 20670

CPT 20670 describes the removal of a superficial implant such as a buried wire, pin, or rod as a separate procedure.

CPT Code 20680

CPT 20680 describes the removal of an implant such as a buried wire, pin, screw, metal band, nail, rod, or plate.

CPT Code 20690

CPT 20690 describes applying a uniplane unilateral external fixation system using pins or wires in one plane.

CPT Code 20692

CPT 20692 describes applying a multiplane, unilateral, external fixation system such as Ilizarov or Monticelli type.

CPT Code 20693

CPT 20693 describes the adjustment or revision of an external fixation system requiring anesthesia, such as inserting new pins, wires, rings, or bars.

CPT Code 20694

CPT 20694 describes the removal, under anesthesia, of an external fixation system.

CPT Code 20696

CPT 20696 describes the application of multiplane external fixation with stereotactic computer-assisted adjustment, including imaging, initial and subsequent alignment, assessment, and computation of adjustment schedules.

CPT Code 20697

CPT 20697 describes the application of multiplane (pins or wires in more than one plane), unilateral, external fixation with stereotactic computer-assisted adjustment (e.g., spatial frame), including imaging, as well as the exchange (i.e., removal and replacement) of a strut.