tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2001 Issue 4

Reader Question: Tongue Laceration

Question: What is the correct code for the repair of a tongue laceration? The ED physician documentation states that a patient had a very large, gaping, deep laceration to the middle of her tongue, about 50 percent of the width of the tongue. What level of repair is this?North Carolina SubscriberAnswer: In this case, if you provide detailed documentation, code 41252* (repair of laceration of tongue, floor of mouth, over 2.6 cm or complex). Its also likely that the patient would need conscious sedation, which is billable as 99141 (sedation with or without analgesia [conscious sedation]; intravenous...

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