Montana Subscriber
Answer: The urgent-care clinic most likely billed for the fracture care and the sutures, but it is your right to code and bill for the services you provided. You should assign the diagnosis code for the fractured finger for the first visit (816.02) along with the V code for the suture removal (V58.3, attention to surgical dressings and sutures). Assign the appropriate code for E/M service.
For the follow-up visit, when the patient had the infection, use an applicable E/M code along with the diagnosis code for postoperative infection, 998.59.