AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2026 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Correction First Quarter 2023, Question 2: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Debridement

The answer previously published in Coding Clinic for HCPCS, First Quarter 2023, Question 2, stated that “necrotizing” did not need to be documented to assign a code from CPT code range 11004-11006. This guidance is incorrect. Documentation of a necrotizing soft tissue infection is required to assign CPT codes 11004-11006.The corrected question and answer are as follows: ...

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