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Differentiate Closed, Open Wounds

Published on Wed Mar 10, 2021

Question: We’ve noticed that one of our physicians reports the diagnosis code for a closed wound even when he’s clearly treating open lacerations and repairing the wounds. Can you give us a clear description of how to differentiate an open wound from a closed wound? And does open wound treatment automatically mean we can choose a procedure code? Washington Subscriber [...]
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