tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2004 Issue 12

Test Your Laceration Coding Know-How

Determine how you would code these repairsIf you're unsure about how to report laceration services, now is the time to brush up on your coding. Or, if you think you're a laceration coding pro, you should put your skills to the test.Write either true or false in the blank next to the questions and then check the answers coding experts provided.1. When you report multiple codes for dissimilar repairs, you should always unbundle the codes with modifier -59. _______________2. Your physician repairs a 4.4-cm superficial wound on a patient's chest and a 6.2-cm simple laceration...

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