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R682
R682 – Wrist arthroscopy setup
OHIP Musculoskeletal System Surgical Procedures Code — MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
A surgical procedure for wrist arthroscopy setup. The fee includes the following components when rendered: debridement, synovectomy, synovial biopsy, removal of loose body(ies) and/or screw, drilling of defect or microfracture, and/or wrist ganglion debridement, as detailed on page of the Schedule. The anaesthesia fee (R682C) is calculated with 7 base units plus time units. The surgical assistant fee (R682B) is calculated with 6 base units plus time units. Additional, more complex arthroscopic wrist procedures may be billed separately under specific conditions.
A wrist procedure listed in the Hand and Wrist section of the Schedule performed arthroscopically is eligible for payment in addition to R682 if that procedure is not described as a component of R682 or described by an E-add-on code to R682.
Arthroscopic E-add-on codes listed below are not eligible for payment in addition to R682 when the service described by the E-code is a generally accepted component of a procedure described in Note #1.
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