AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Excisional Debridement

According to Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2000, page 9, it is appropriate to assign code 86.22, Excisional debridement of wound, infection, or burn, when a health care provider such as a physical therapist performs an excisional debridement. However, Coding Clinic has also advised that code assignment is only based on physician documentation. For coding purposes, when the physical therapist documents “excisional debridement” must the attending countersign or confirm this procedure in the medical record? ...

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