CPT®:
Solve Wound Repair Coding Dilemma By Identifying Specific Type of Repair
Published on Mon Aug 05, 2019
If podiatrist closes wound using adhesive strips as main repair material, report E/M code instead of repair code. Distinguishing the differences between different types of wound repairs might seem daunting at first because the CPT® guidelines offer abundant guidance on how you should report these codes. For example, to appropriately report wound repair, you must first identify whether the podiatrist [...]