tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue 7

Wound Care Coding: Master Laceration Repair Coding With 8 Key Tips

Size, location, and severity are all important factors. Not a day passes without an ED physician seeing patients who require stitches to repair lacerations, and although many ED coders have the rules committed to memory, those regulations tend to change over time, requiring you to stay on top of the latest laceration repair directives. Check out this lightning round of eight tips that can help you ensure that your laceration repairs are coded correctly. Tip 1: First Consider Anatomic Location Within each level of repair, CPT® classifies wounds according to anatomic location. Note that these categories are not identical...

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