tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 30

Looking For Closure? Medicare Won't Pay For It Separately

Watch out: CPT codes 12001-12007, for simple repair of superficial wounds, become components of four dozen codes each from the musculoskeletal system section in the latest Correct Coding Initiative update, effective Oct. 1.In a nutshell: Thanks to CCI, you probably can't bill for one of those superficial wound repair codes at the same session as a deep excision, a tissue graft, a radical tumor resection, a deep incision and drainage (I&D), a radical resection, a spine surgery or a lesion excision. Layered wound closure codes 12031-12037 and 12041-12047 will also become components of most of the same...

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