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- PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: Peroneal Tendon Tear, left foot.
- POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: Peroneal brevis tendon tear.
- PROCEDURE: Peroneal brevis tendon repair, left ankle.
- PATHOLOGY: None
- ANESTHESIA: General with local.
- HEMOSTASIS: Thigh tourniquet at 300mmHg.
- ESIMATED BLODD LOSS: 25mL.
- COMPLICATIONS: None.
- MATERIALS: 4-0 Prolene. An amniotic tissue layer.
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nDESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE:nAfter informed consent was obtained from the patient, the patient was brought to the operating room, placed on operating table in a partial lateral decubitus position. A prep block was then performed utilizing 0.5% Marcaine. The left lower extremity was then cleaned, prepped and draped in usual aseptic manner. The left lower extremity was then elevated before a pneumatic tourniquet was inflated to 300 mmHg.nn n
n nnCorrect CPT and ICD-10 Codes with modifiers and units:nn27658 (LT modifier) – Repair, flexor tendon, leg; primary, without graft, each tendonnnS86.312A – Strain of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level, left leg, initial encounter