tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2005 Issue 10

Reader Questions: Choose Wound Repair Codes for Scar Revision

Question: What is the proper code to report scar revision on a mastectomy site?Louisiana Subscriber Answer: Your best option is likely the complex repair codes 13100-13102 (Repair, complex, trunk ...). The text in the "wound repair" portion of CPT's surgery section introduction specifically includes scar revision as an appropriate reason to report wound repairs. In addition, the text remarks that complex repairs require "more than layered closure."You should select an appropriate code from 13100-13102, depending on the length of the wound - whether curved, angular or stellate - in centimeters, that the surgeon repairs. You may report...

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