MedAbbrev, now by innoviHealth, has been the industry standard for medical abbreviations and acronyms since 1983. Quick and easy access for hospitals, providers, coders, transcriptionists, students and researchers to over 75,000 entries. With clear and accurate standardization that is always current, medical professionals can reduce the chance of error stemming from misunderstood abbreviations.
AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 2; Ask the Editor
Excisional Debridement of Buttock Abscess
The patient is diagnosed with necrotizing soft tissue abscess/infection of the left buttock. The provider carried out excisional debridement of skin and subcutaneous tissue of left buttock. The provider documented the following in the operative note: “I first connected his abscess drainage sites with an incision and carried this down through the subcutaneous tissue with electrocautery. The tissue was noted to be in the process of liquefying and was nonviable. The wound (8 cm wide by 4 cm long and 2.5 cm deep) was extensively excised. Further probing of the wound was done to break into a couple of smaller abscess cavities and these were unroofed as well.†What is the correct code assignment for the procedure?
...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .
The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
Current newsletters added each quarter
Full Archives - over 3100 articles
ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products: