You Be the Coder:
Tackle This Deep Abscess Scenario
Published on Wed Nov 14, 2018
Question: According to the OP note, the surgeon prepped and anesthetized the patient, then he made an incision in the patient’s skin over a deep abscess on the patient’s lumbar spine. The surgeon then dissected down through the soft tissue and superficial fascia to the deep fascia adjoining the muscle layer. He debrided the tissue to remove necrotic tissue and [...]