Jones is in the operating room today for repair of a nontraumatic tear of the rotator cuff of the right shoulder. The physician performs an arthroscopy subacromial decompression with an open repair of the rotator cuff. Select the appropriate ICD-10-CM and CPT code(s):

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The correct ICD-10-CM code for a nontraumatic tear of the rotator cuff of the right shoulder is M75.101. The CPT codes 23412 and 29827-59 correctly represent an open repair of the rotator cuff and an arthroscopy subacromial decompression, respectively, with the modifier -59 indicating that these are distinct procedural services.

Jones Is in the Operating Room Today for Repair of a Nontraumatic