CPT Knowledgebase - Dec 7, 2015

The physician excised a complex pilonidal cyst and closed the wound with a rhomboid flap. Is the flap closure included in the procedure described by code 11772, Excision of pilonidal cyst or sinus; complicated, or should code 14000, Adjacent tissue transfer or rearrangement, trunk; defect 10 sq cm or less, be reported in addition to code 11772?

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