AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 10 (October)

Wound Debridement Vs Active Wound Care Management (October 2016)

October 2016 pages 3-5 Wound Debridement Vs Active Wound Care Management This article is written to clarify which set of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes should be used when reporting procedures related to various types of wound treatment. There has been some concern that wound debridement codes and wound care management codes are being misused. Therefore, these sets of codes need to be compared and contrasted to illustrate which set of codes would be the appropriate choice based on the actual service provided. In most cases, wound debridement is intended for debriding acute wounds of devitalized tissue, while...

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