tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2002 Issue 4
You Be the Coder: Nail Injuries
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: How should I code treatment of finger-nails and toenails? What's the difference between coding nail bed repairs, avulsion and tuft fractures?Wyoming Subscriber Answer: All of these procedures are described with codes from the integumentary section of CPT. Nail bed repair is described with 11760 (Repair of nail bed) and is used when the ED physician removes a damaged fingernail or toenail from the bed and then sutures the nail bed so it can heal cleanly...
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