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Can You Code This Dermal Debridement?

Published on Wed Mar 10, 2021

Question: Our provider saw a patient who had a superficial linear abrasion that extended from below the patient’s left knee to just above the left ankle (in addition to several left knee and lower-leg injuries). The ED physician minimally debrided the patient’s skin using a metal curette but only down to the dermis layer, then dressed the wound with Xeroform®, [...]
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