tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 19

Part B Coding Coach: Test Your Suture Removal Savvy With 5 Expert Q&A's

There's no specific suture removal code, but that doesn't mean you can't bill for the service If you're not reporting your physician's suture removals in certain tricky cases, you're probabaly denying your office legitimate reimbursement. See if you need to remove any unnecessary binds from your suture coding practices by studying these frequently asked suturecoding questions: Remove Sutures With an E/M Question #1: Established patients frequently present to the office so our physician can remove sutures that an emergency department (ED) physician put in. Which CPT code can we use for this procedure? Answer: Unfortunately, CPT doesn't offer a...

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