AMA CPT® Assistant - 2000 Issue 12 (December)

Integumentary System (December 2000)

December 2000 page 14c Coding Consultation Integumentary System, Surgery, 26418 (Q&A) Question Would repair (closure) codes 12001-13160 be considered inclusive in code 26418? Example: The patient has a deep laceration injury that requires tendon repair and wound closure. AMA Comment Unless specific information to the contrary is included in the guidelines, parenthetic notes, or descriptor language for the code, the codes included in the musculoskeletal section typically include integumentary repair of the site of the procedure. This is due to the fact that the codes included in the musculoskeletal section include all effort involved in the approach for...

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