tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 2
CPT 2006 Shows More Skin--and New Technologies Will Benefit
You-ll have to differentiate between layers of skin when applying graft codes Skin graft technology has advanced tremendously in recent years--and CPT has finally caught up. With a host of new and revised codes for 2006, CPT gives you the specificity you need--and with hope, the reimbursement you deserve--for new grafting techniques.The overview: CPT has renamed the -Free Skin Grafts- subsection -Skin Replacement Surgery and Skin Substitutes.- This portion of CPT adds 37 brand-new codes, revises five codes and deletes four codes, and now includes a total of 54 codes (up from just 21 in 2005). The...
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