Maggot therapy: You can get paid while maggots feast

Article Overview

This article explains a reimbursement approach for maggot therapy in wound care settings and discusses how it may be billed to Medicare using an unlisted procedure methodology tied to the anatomical site. It is relevant to coders, billers, wound care clinics, and providers who need to understand general coding and claim-submission considerations for this treatment. The article also notes why certain other procedure coding approaches are not appropriate and touches on how the therapy is typically delivered in practice.