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: 02102 (AK), 02202 (ID), 02302 (OR), 02402 (WA), 03102 (AZ), 03202 (MT), 03302 (ND), 03402 (SD), 03502 (UT), and 03602 (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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Last Updated Oct 23 , 2025