CPT^® 15121, Under Autografts/Tissue Cultured Autograft

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 15121 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Autografts/Tissue Cultured Autograft.

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This procedure is a split thickness autograft of the face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and or multiple digits. This excision and placement is for an additional 100 square cm, or less, or 1% of the body area of an infant or child.

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Workers Comp OWCP related claim denials on modifiers used

I have several claims for skin grafts on a patient who is in a global period for placement of an autograft 15100-15121. As the patient has over 50% TBSA burns, he has multiple grafts and is going to ... [ Read More ]

COMPLEX OR INTERMEDIATE REPAIR?

I don't see anywhere that a complex or intermediate repair was done. Plus it looks like the complex and intermediate repairs would bundle into the graft anyway (they bundle when I put them in encoder... [ Read More ]

ENT BAHA

[QUOTE="cpc2007, post: 472484, member: 15287"] I would consider 15004-15005 for the excision of the overgrowth/infected tissue and 15120-15121 vs. 15220-15221 for the skin graft for procedure you desc... [ Read More ]

ENT BAHA

I would consider 15004-15005 for the excision of the overgrowth/infected tissue and 15120-15121 vs. 15220-15221 for the skin graft for procedure you describe. The 15004-15005 is for "surgical preparat... [ Read More ]

multiple surgical reductions and add-on codes

I am looking for some help in determining what the industry standard is for processing claims with multiple procedures and multiple add-on codes. How are you seeing the insurance companies allowing... [ Read More ]

coding question

Hello everyone I have a coding question from the following senerio removal of 180 cm*2 strawberry nevous left cheeck with split-thickness skin graft of 180 cm*2 answer 1 15120 (100) 15120 (80) 15004... [ Read More ]

eyelid scar lysis

I need help trying to locate the correct CPT code for: Right upper eyelid scar lysis with reconstruction with full thickness skin graft. I am leaning towards 15004, 15121 & 10060 or67938?? Thanks in a... [ Read More ]

I need some assistance with a coding issue

Depends on method of removal... code as benign lesion by greatest diameter excised or desstruction code by sqcm 17108... then report 15120, 15121 for STSG. MS... [ Read More ]

Anyone good with burn codes?- Split Thickness Skin Graft.

You would not code the donor site (thigh) only the site that is being excised and grafting. So the codes would be 15004,15005,15120,15121.... [ Read More ]

Anyone good with burn codes?- Split Thickness Skin Graft.

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Deep burn, right foot. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Deep burn, right foot. PROCEDURE: 1. A 150 cm2 split-thickness skin graft, right foot. 2. Tangential incision of burn esch... [ Read More ]

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