tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 22

Part B Coding Coach: Don't Let Faulty Coding Cut Into Your Laceration Repair Reimbursement

Find the right answers to these clinical scenarios. Laceration repairs are among the most common procedures performed in dermatology practices – and along with those common procedures come some common coding mishaps. How well do you have your laceration repair coding sewn up? Take a look at the questions below, then read on for our expert answers elsewhere in this issue. Question 1: Your dermatologist performs laceration repair for an 18-year-old male patient for a cut that he received from broken glass. The laceration was 4.5 cm long and present on the right thigh area. Since there was...

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