tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2016 Issue 8

Consider these clinical examples to help decide when to combine repairs or report them separately

Watch for locations and classification before choosing your code. The following wound repair presentations can help you understand when it is appropriate to com-bine the lengths of like repairs to report them under one code, says Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P,President of ERcoder, Inc. in Edmond, OK. Example 1: A child was injured in a skating accident. The physician treats a 2.5-cm superficial cut on the left leg and a second 4-cm superficial cut on the right arm, closing the wounds with stitches. Both repairs are simple and located on the extremities. Because the severity level and anatomic...

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