CPT^® 15852, Under Other Repair (Closure) Procedures on the Integumentary System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 15852 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Other Repair (Closure) Procedures on the Integumentary System.

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The provider changes the dressing on a wound, unrelated to a burn, in a patient who requires general anesthesia due to the painful nature of the dressing change or in a patient unable to cooperate with a dressing change while awake.

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