AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 1; Ask the Editor
Repeat Amputation
Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2003, page 14, advised to assign code 84.17, Amputation above knee, for a surgery that removed an additional six inches from a previous amputation site. Code 84.3, Revision of amputation stump, appears more appropriate. Is code 84.17 appropriate or should code 84.3, Revision of amputation stump, be assigned?
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