AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 1; Correction Notice

Nonexcisional Debridement of Skin andSubcutaneous Tissue

Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2015, page 5, contained a typographical error. The question involving nonexcisional debridement of skin and subcutaneous tissue and the ICD-10-PCS code assignment described extraction of skin rather than “skin and subcutaneous tissue.” The correct code assignment should have read as follows: 0JDL0ZZ         Extraction of right upper leg subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach   ...

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