AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine: Active Wound Care Management (Q&A) (December 2012)

December 2012 page 15 Medicine: Active Wound Care Management Question: Our wound care clinic documented the following: (1) Nonselective mechanical debridement of wound bed to remove dermal level slough with normal saline moistened gauze; and (2) Chemical cautery of hypergranular tissue at 12 and 6 o'clock using one silver nitrate stick. CPT codes 97602 and 17250 were reported. Please advise the correct reporting of the use of silver nitrate sticks on the hypergranular tissue? Answer: When both nonselective mechanical debridement of the wound bed and chemical cautery of hypergranular tissue are performed at the same or different wound sites...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the AMA CPT® Assistant.


Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AMA's CPT® Assistant - Current + Archives
  • AMA's CPT® Advanced Coding Pack
CPT® Assistant content is the official source for CPT® coding guidance. It is an instrumental tool when appealing insurance denials and validating coding to auditors. Monthly issues and an extensive archive provide comprehensive guidance on proper CPT® coding for past, present and upcoming code set releases. Archives date back to 1990 for historical use of codes, changes, rationales, coding tips and trends in the industry.

demo
request yours today
subscribe
start today
newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.