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SECTION M:ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERYFeeAnaePatellectomy91M -- partial $430.10 42 L92M -- total $1,086.00 42 L97M Shaving of patella - when only procedure $524.30 42 Ldone85M Astragalectomy $541.40 42 L79M Excision of 4 metatarsal heads (Hoffman) $572.50 42 LBMI Supplement180M Orthopaedic surgery supplement for patients $276.00with a Body Mass Index, (Weight[kg]/Height[m]2)greater than 40. Maximum of one 180M supplement perpatient per day.. Supplement 180M may be billed by orthopaedicsurgeons with all M Section procedures donein the operating room.Introduction110M Insertion of Kirschner wire or metal pins $251.00 * 0 Lfor traction or cast fixation111M Application of caliper or tongs $251.00 * 0 LRepairOsteoplasty -- shortening of bone120M -- femur, tibia or humerus $879.50 42 M121M -- radius or ulna $541.40 42 L122M -- both radius and ulna $1,169.00 42 L123M -- other bones $313.50 42 L-- lengthening of bone124M -- major $1,253.00 42 M125M -- minor (hand or foot) $812.10 42 L126M Acromioplasty includes excision of distal clavicle $744.70 42 LNote: Spinal fusion with partial excision ofintervertebral disc (for excision of discsee 134K to 140K)150M Scapulopexy $1,503.00 42 MEpiphyseal-diaphyseal fusion,epiphyseal arrest or epiphysiodesis152M -- femur or tibia and fibula $752.00 42 L154M -- combined (femur, tibial and fibular) $1,002.00 42 Lepiphyseal arrest155M -- combined (upper and lower tibial $1,002.00 42 Land fibular) epiphyseal arrestFractures1. Definitions(a) Immobilization means the treatment of a fracture by any method other thanthat designated in (b) or (c) below.(b) Closed reduction means the reduction of a fracture by non-operative methods(includes skin traction, K wire or Steinmann's pin for balanced traction).(c) Open reduction means the reduction of a fracture by an operative procedureto include the exposure of the fracture and fixation with intramedullary orother type of appliance.(d) Long bones are clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia and fibulaSMA FEE GUIDE -M4 - October 1, 2011