tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 5

Reader Question: Straighten Out Those Tourniquet Cases

Question: The patient presents with a hair tourniquet. I can only report a nonspecific injury code for the toes, fingers or labia, and I've included the removal procedure in the E/M service. Is there another code I should report? New Jersey SubscriberAnswer: You can report 10120* (Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutaneous tissues; simple) for the procedure if the hair has burrowed through the skin and is, in fact, in the subcutaneous layer of the skin tissue. You do have to bundle the procedure into the E/M, however, if the hair is still on top of the skin...

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