tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 12

Correction: Deep Debridement Has 10-Day Global

A recent General Surgery Coding Alert (vol. 10, no. 10, page 76) stated that deep debridement 11044 (Debridement; skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle and bone) has a 90-day global period. This is incorrect. Code 11044 has a 10-day global period. The example illustrating proper use of modifier 58 (Staged or related procedure or service by the same physician during the postoperative period) for a subsequent debridement during the global period of an initial debridement should have stated: If the surgeon reports debridement to the level of muscle or deeper (11043 or 11044) and performs subsequent debridements within the initial surgery's...

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