Question

A patient presents with a healed fracture of the left ankle. The patient was placed on the OR table in the supine

Answer 1

Answer:

20680-LT

Explanation:

The CPT is an established standard to build a fixed coding for any type of medical procedure and patient care anywhere in North America. in other words, the CPT was created to standardize the communication of healthcare workers across North America, facilitating patient care and making diagnosis and treatment faster and more accurate anywhere in North America.

An example of the use of CPT can be seen in the question above, where code 20680-LT can be used to describe the procedure performed on the patient to fix the ankle problem he or she had.