tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 4

Repair: Simple or Intermediate: Focus Laceration Coding With 4 Tips

Extensive debridement can change everything. You may think that coding for simple or intermediate wound repair is straightforward, but do you know what to do if your general surgeon repairs two distinct sites or faces a highly-contaminated field? If you don’t, you could be making a $195 mistake. Read on to make sure you capture all the pay your surgeon deserves for simple and intermediate laceration repairs.  Tip 1: Identify Wound Depth To pick the proper code family, you first have to know the wound depth and type of closure your surgeon performed. You can get there...

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