tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 2

CPT® 2013: Clear Up Pedicle Flap Confusion with 15740 Changes

Named vessel is key. Changes to CPT® 2013 "other flaps and grafts" instructions -- along with the code revision -- might simplify your coding for 15740 (Flap; island pedicle requiring identification and dissection of anatomically named axial vessel). But let our experts take the changes a step further to remind general surgery coders just how much there is to know about coding for pedicle flaps, adjacent tissue transfer, island flaps and more. ‘Island Flap’ Means Vessel An island pedicle flap procedure doesn’t change in 2013, but the CPT® code revision emphasizes the nature of the service. An...

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