AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Prelaminated Free Flap Graft Using AlloDerm™

A patient with chronic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine presents for the first stage of a two-stage procedure for graft placement to interrupt the track between the osteomyelitis and the external skin. In this first stage, a radial forearm free flap graft is prelaminated by making an incision and placing AlloDerm™ on the soft tissue of the left forearm and covering it with silastic sheeting. Once the graft has matured, the patient will return for the second stage of the procedure in which the mature graft will be placed on the cervical spine. What is the ICD-10-PCS code for this first stage procedure to prelaminate the radial forearm free flap graft? ...

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