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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 7
You Be the Coder: Are 15300-15301 Appropriate for Graft Changes?
Question: Our surgeons often use allograft for temporary wound closure (for example, 15300, 15301). Frequently, a surgeon must return the patient to the operating room on multiple occasions during the global period of the original graft placement to replace the graft until sufficient healing occurs. How should we report these subsequent graft replacements? Are 15300-15301 still appropriate and, if so, do we need a modifier? Or do other codes apply?Pennsylvania SubscriberAnswer: Allograft placement as described by 15300 (Allograft skin for temporary wound closure, trunk, arms, legs; first 100 sq cm or less, or 1 percent of body...
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