tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 10

Spot Treatment Depth to Get Clear Debridement Signal

Skin-deep fix could be worth $26 or $45, depending on debridement details. Remember that all the codes in the CPT debridement sections are within the physician's scope of practice, so it pays to know the most common debridement scenarios. If you undercode your physician's debridement services, you could lose easy money. Cut Into 'Viable Tissue' a Giveaway ... Sometimes Your ED physician will see many patients requiring surface-level debridement; he might also treat patients needing surgical bone and muscle debridement on occasion, confirms Sharon Richardson, RN, who works in the compliance office at Emergency Groups' Office in Arcadia, Calif. So...

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