Billing and Coding: Total Knee Arthroplasty (A57686)- R2 - Effective December 1, 2019

Date Posted: October 23, 2025

This Billing and Coding Article has been revised under contractor numbers: 02101 (AK), 02201 (ID), 02301 (OR), 02401 (WA), 03101 (AZ), 03201 (MT), 03301 (ND), 03401 (SD), 03501 (UT), and 03601 (WY).

Effective Date: December 1, 2019

Summary of Changes: Under Article Text, section: When the procedure is indicated for advanced joint disease….. 4th bullet, changed TKF/TKA to TKA.

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