General Surgery Coding Alert

Don’t Let the Device Dictate Code Selection

Bleeding control is just one use. You just learned in “Solution 2” of the preceding article that the type of device used to control bleeding may point to a specific CPT® code. However, simply noting mention of a device in the op report, such as an endoclip, does not necessarily lead to a bleeding control code. For instance: Surgeons may [...]
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