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tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 31
Not Necrotic? No Problem! Mesh Removal May Get Easier
Here are a few more changes that sources say may be coming next year:- Mesh removal code 11008 could change its wording to make it easier to code next year. Currently, the wording states that the mesh must have a -necrotizing- infection, which means you can't use this code for regular infections. Mesh removal is often -incredibly time consuming- and complicated because you have to remove the mesh in pieces, says M. Trayser Dunaway, a surgeon, speaker, coding educator and health care consultant in Camden, SC. The descriptor for 11008 has been -a source of confusion- for coders because...
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