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Multiple Laceration Repairs

Published on Mon Dec 11, 2023

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the ED physician treated two wounds to a patient’s face: a 4.2 cm simple wound and a 2.0 cm intermediate wound. Should I add up the repair lengths and choose a procedure code based on that number? Alaska Subscriber Answer: No, you should not add the repair lengths for this encounter because even though the repairs were [...]
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