tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 10
Reader Questions: Site Prep Is Separate With Most Skin Grafts
Question: Following escharotomy (16035-16036) and debridement (16020-16030) and prior to placing a skin graft, the surgeon prepared an area of 12 cm x 12 cm (144 sq cm) on a burn patient's right leg by clearing all remaining eschar, skin debris and subcutaneous tissue. May I report site preparation (15002)? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: Depending on the exact type of graft the surgeon places, you may probably report 15002 (Surgical preparation or creation of recipient site by excision of open wounds, burn eschar, or scar [including subcutaneous tissues], or incisional release of scar contracture, trunk, arms, legs; first 100 sq...
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