tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q2

Wound Care: Spotlight Wound-Procedure Distinctions to Choose the Right Code

Failed attempts may lead to negative pressure therapy. When your surgeon treats integumentary wounds, you have several code families to choose from that seem to overlap in confusing ways. Let our experts show you how to choose between debridement codes and various active wound care codes to accurately bill for your surgeons’ work. Spotlight Secondary Intention Surgeons have lots of ways to repair wounds and lots of types of wounds to repair. But the focus of this discussion is wounds in the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue that the surgeon treats to heal a wound by secondary intention. Glossary:...

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