AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 10 (October)
Skin Replacement Surgery and Skin Substitutes (October 2006)
October 2006 pages 1-10 Skin Replacement Surgery and Skin Substitutes Due to major advances in skin replacement surgery resulting in decreased mortality and morbidity, particularly with respect to burn injuries, there has been a significant increase in the use of skin substitutes. Skin substitutes have been found to improve wound healing, control pain, rapidly close a burn wound, improve function and cosmetic appearance, and in the cases of serious burn injuries, increase overall survival. Comprehensive changes (ie, additions, deletions, and revisions of codes accompanied by new and revised introductory language, parenthetical notes, subheadings, and cross-references) have been made to...
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