tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

Wound Repair: From Closure to Cleaning – Details Drive Code Choice

Notice adhesive strip exclusion. Don’t be fooled by the adage that wound repair coding simply depends on the depth of the defect. Ignoring other documented details could lead you to fraudulent upcoding or lost revenue for your surgeon’s work. Check out our experts’ advice about the specifics you should consider for each wound repair case you code. Master Code Options Before you start coding a wound closure case, you need to get a bird’s eye view of the code choices you’ll face. CPT® does not group all closure codes together, so here’s a cheat...

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