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CPT® Coding:

Follow These Debridement Rules for Maximum Payment

Published on Mon Sep 03, 2018

Multiple debridements can mean multiple codes … sometimes. When your orthopedic surgeon needs to perform debridement on a patient, things can get confusing fast when there are multiple injury sites, or multiple levels of complexity. For example, what should you do when the provider performs more than one debridement in separate anatomical areas? How about debridements of different depths during [...]
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