27784 Open treatment of proximal fibula or shaft fracture, with or without internal or external fixation. In cases where the CPT does not contain inclusion of external fixation, it is appropriate to list the procedure for application of the device(s) separately.ery few medical devices, if any, have specific HCPCS codes which represent the device specifically; especially for external fracture fixation devices. This hold true among all the manufacturers or vendors in the industry and is not isolated to our products.
The market price for whole scrap lead-acid batteries, which is a principal source of lead for recycling, ranged between $0.045 and $0.065 per pound, which translated to a lead price of $0.09 to $0.13 per pound assuming that the average amount of lead in such batteries is about 50% (Worden, 1998).
Current prices of scrap copper have been trending at a steadily rising pace across the different copper grades. No.1 heavy scrap copper has been leading the way at USD $3.65 per pound. At the low end of the pricing scale, copper/aluminum radiator ends is selling for USD $0.54 per pound. These prices reflect truckload or TL pricing. Less than truckload or LTL pricing is generally about USD $0.15 per pound less. Projections by the London Metal Exchange are predicting a further rise in scrap copper up to nearly USD $4.00 per pound.