A 48-year-old woman fell off her horse, tearing her rotator cuff. This required open surgery to repair the right rotator cuff. What is the CPT code for this procedure?

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23410 is the correct code for an acute injury that involves an open procedure for repair of the rotator cuff.
Code 23412 is incorrect because it is for a chronic rotator cuff repair, but this was due to an acute injury. Code 23415 is incorrect because this code is for a ligament release and code 23420 is incorrect because it is for reconstruction of a complete shoulder cuff avulsion

A 48-Year-Old Woman Fell Off Her Horse, Tearing Her Rotator