CPT 29000–29999 codes: Surgery: musculoskeletal system

This range contains 128 CPT Category I codes in the 2026 CMS fee schedule data, 126 of which carry work RVUs. Select a code to see its full RVU breakdown, Medicare status and related codes.

  • CPT 29000 — Application of halo-type body cast (2.19 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29010 — Application of Risser jacket, body only (2.01 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29015 — Application of Risser jacket, body with head (2.35 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29035 — Application of body cast, shoulders to hips (1.73 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29040 — Application of body cast, shoulders to hips with head (2.16 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29044 — Application of body cast, shoulders to one thigh (2.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29046 — Application of body cast, shoulders to both thighs (2.35 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29049 — Application of figure-of-eight cast (0.87 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29055 — Application of shoulder spica cast (1.74 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29058 — Application of plaster Velpeau cast (1.28 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29065 — Application of long arm cast, shoulder to hand (0.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29075 — Application of short arm cast, elbow to fingers (0.75 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29085 — Application of gauntlet cast, hand and lower forearm (0.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29086 — Application of finger cast (0.60 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29105 — Application of long arm splint (0.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29125 — Application of static short arm splint (0.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29126 — Placing a forearm splint (0.66 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29130 — Placing a finger splint (0.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29131 — Application of dynamic finger splint (0.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29200 — Strapping of thorax (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29240 — Strapping of shoulder (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29260 — Strapping of elbow or wrist (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29280 — Strapping of hand or finger (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29305 — Application of hip spica cast, one leg (1.98 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29325 — Application of hip spica cast, one and a half legs (2.26 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29345 — Application of long leg cast (1.37 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29355 — Application of long leg walking cast (1.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29358 — Application of long leg cast brace (1.39 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29365 — Application of cylinder cast (1.15 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29405 — Application of short leg cast (0.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29425 — Application of short leg walking cast (0.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29435 — Application of patellar tendon-bearing cast (1.15 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29440 — Addition of walker to existing cast (0.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29445 — Application of rigid total contact leg cast (1.74 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29450 — Application of clubfoot cast (2.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29505 — Application of long leg splint (0.67 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29515 — Application of short leg splint (0.71 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29520 — Strapping of hip (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29530 — Strapping of knee (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29540 — Strapping of ankle and foot (0.38 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29550 — Strapping of toes (0.24 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29580 — Application of Unna boot (0.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29581 — Wrapping the lower leg with layered compression bandaging (0.59 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29584 — Application of multi-layer compression system, upper arm (0.34 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29700 — Removal or bivalving of gauntlet, boot, or body cast (0.56 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29705 — Removal or bivalving of full arm or leg cast (0.74 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29710 — Removal or bivalving of shoulder or hip spica cast (1.31 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29720 — Repair of spica, body cast, or jacket (0.66 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29730 — Windowing of cast (0.73 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29740 — Wedging of cast (1.09 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29750 — Wedging of clubfoot cast (1.23 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29799 — Unlisted px casting/strpg
  • CPT 29800 — Diagnostic temporomandibular joint arthroscopy (6.67 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29804 — Surgical temporomandibular joint arthroscopy (8.65 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29805 — Diagnostic shoulder scope, with a possible small tissue sample of the joint lining (5.88 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29806 — Arthroscopic shoulder capsulorrhaphy (14.76 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29807 — Shoulder scope surgery to repair a tear where the biceps tendon attaches (SLAP tear) (14.30 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29819 — Arthroscopic shoulder removal of loose or foreign body (7.60 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29820 — Arthroscopic shoulder synovectomy, partial (7.03 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29821 — Arthroscopic shoulder synovectomy, complete (7.69 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29822 — Shoulder scope surgery with limited cleanup of loose tissue (6.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29823 — Shoulder scope surgery with extensive cleanup of loose tissue (7.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29824 — Shoulder scope surgery to remove the outer end of the collarbone (8.76 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29825 — Arthroscopic shoulder lysis and resection of adhesions (7.60 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29826 — Arthroscopic subacromial decompression (2.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29827 — Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (15.20 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29828 — Shoulder arthroscopy with fixing the biceps tendon to the humerus (tenodesis) (12.83 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29830 — Diagnostic elbow arthroscopy (5.73 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29834 — Arthroscopic elbow removal of loose or foreign body (6.26 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29835 — Arthroscopic elbow synovectomy, partial (6.45 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29836 — Arthroscopic elbow synovectomy, complete (7.53 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29837 — Arthroscopic elbow debridement, limited (6.83 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29838 — Arthroscopic elbow debridement, extensive (7.68 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29840 — Diagnostic wrist arthroscopy (5.54 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29843 — Arthroscopic wrist drainage for infection (6.00 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29844 — Arthroscopic wrist synovectomy, partial (6.35 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29845 — Arthroscopic wrist synovectomy, complete (7.50 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29846 — Arthroscopic wrist triangular fibrocartilage or joint debridement (6.72 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29847 — Arthroscopic wrist repair or reconstruction (7.04 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29848 — Endoscopic release of transverse carpal ligament (6.23 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29850 — Arthroscopically aided treatment of tibial plateau fracture, without fixation (8.06 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29851 — Arthroscopically aided treatment of tibial plateau fracture with fixation (12.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29855 — Arthroscopically aided treatment of unicondylar tibial fracture with fixation (10.49 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29856 — Arthroscopically aided treatment of bicondylar tibial fracture with fixation (13.92 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29860 — Diagnostic hip arthroscopy (8.78 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29861 — Arthroscopic hip removal of loose or foreign body (9.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29862 — Arthroscopic hip debridement or chondroplasty (10.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29863 — Arthroscopic hip synovectomy (10.89 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29866 — Arthroscopic knee osteochondral autograft (14.30 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29867 — Arthroscopic knee osteochondral allograft (17.93 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29868 — Arthroscopic meniscal transplantation (24.47 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29870 — Diagnostic knee arthroscopy, with or without synovial biopsy (5.06 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29871 — Arthroscopic knee drainage for infection (6.52 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29873 — Arthroscopic knee lateral retinacular release (6.08 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29874 — Knee scope surgery to remove loose bodies from the joint (7.01 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29875 — Arthroscopic knee synovectomy, limited (6.29 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29876 — Arthroscopic knee synovectomy, major (8.65 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29877 — Knee scope surgery to smooth out roughened cartilage (8.09 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29879 — Arthroscopic knee abrasion arthroplasty (8.77 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29880 — Knee scope surgery to trim torn cartilage pads (both meniscus) (7.21 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29881 — Arthroscopic partial medial or lateral meniscectomy (6.85 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29882 — Knee scope surgery to repair one of the meniscus cartilage pads (9.36 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29883 — Arthroscopic medial and lateral meniscus repair (11.48 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29884 — Knee scope surgery to release scar tissue causing stiffness (8.07 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29885 — Arthroscopic knee drilling for osteochondritis dissecans (9.95 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29886 — Arthroscopic knee drilling of osteochondritis dissecans lesion (8.28 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29887 — Arthroscopic knee drilling of osteochondritis dissecans lesion with fixation (9.91 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29888 — Knee scope surgery to reconstruct the ACL (front cruciate ligament) (13.94 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29889 — Arthroscopically aided posterior cruciate ligament repair or augmentation (16.97 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29891 — Arthroscopic ankle repair of osteochondral defect, talus or tibia (9.43 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29892 — Arthroscopically aided repair of ankle osteochondral lesion or tibial fracture (10.01 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29893 — Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy (6.16 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29894 — Arthroscopic ankle removal of loose or foreign body (7.17 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29895 — Arthroscopic ankle synovectomy, partial (6.95 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29897 — Arthroscopic ankle debridement, limited (7.14 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29898 — Arthroscopic ankle debridement, extensive (8.28 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29899 — Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis (15.02 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29900 — Diagnostic metacarpophalangeal joint arthroscopy (5.73 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29901 — Arthroscopic metacarpophalangeal debridement (6.43 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29902 — Arthroscopic metacarpophalangeal collateral ligament reconstruction (6.98 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29904 — Arthroscopic subtalar removal of loose or foreign body (8.43 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29905 — Arthroscopic subtalar synovectomy (8.95 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29906 — Arthroscopic subtalar debridement (9.41 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29907 — Arthroscopic subtalar arthrodesis (11.88 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29914 — Arthroscopic hip femoroplasty (14.30 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29915 — Arthroscopic hip acetabuloplasty (14.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29916 — Arthroscopic hip labral repair (14.63 wRVUs)
  • CPT 29999 — Unlisted px arthroscopy

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