AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2024 Issue 2; Ask the Editor
Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Failure
A patient was admitted for a bilateral deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap procedure, following a failed expander-to-implant breast reconstruction. The postoperative course was complicated by a left breast DIEP free flap failure, also documented as a nonviable breast reconstruction flap. The left DIEP flap was subsequently removed. How is DIEP flap failure coded? ...
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