tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 3

Reader Questions: AMA Shuts Down 'Layer Closure' Repair Descriptor

Question: I have heard that there are some new codes for intermediate closure repairs in CPT 2009. Is this true, and if so, what are the changes? Montana SubscriberAnswer: CPT revised code descriptors for intermediate repairs (12031-12057) in 2009, says Jill M. Young, CPC-ED, CPC-IM, president of Young Medical Con-sulting LLC in East Lansing, Mich. In 2008, the codes represented "Layer closure of wounds - ." In 2009, the descriptors will all begin with "Repair, intermediate - ." The change comes in order to make descriptors for all three levels of repair uniform, according to Young. The other codes...

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