CPT^® 97602, Under Active Wound Care Management

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 97602 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Active Wound Care Management.

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The provider removes dead tissue from a wound without differentiating between viable and nonviable tissues. This service helps in assessing the depth of the wound, reduces the risk of infection and speeds the healing process. The service also aides in providing proper wound care instructions to the patient. The code is reported per debridement session.

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Wound Care Codes

for just a dressing change it would be an E/M code. 97602 is for an autolytic debridement... [ Read More ]

Chronic wound management via laser

You really need an operative report in order to be able to assign a code. By your description, this sounds like it may be a debridement procedure, and if so, then you can assign the appropriate code ... [ Read More ]

Wound Care Codes

Hello everyone, I am in need of some guidance on how to properly code for a patient who came in with a leg ulcer that was only washed and cleaned (no debridement took place) and then redressed with ... [ Read More ]

Wound Vac placed at surgery

[QUOTE="LLovett, post: 412957, member: 50320"] [B]I agree with not billing 97607/97608 in this scenario[/B] It is inappropriate to report these codes when the provider places a vac during surgery. Fi... [ Read More ]

Physical Therapy wound care

97597 should be used You would only code the sq. cm area of debridement ".....To determine the proper code choice, first, consider the depth of the debridement. This is determined by the deepest dept... [ Read More ]

Debridement

[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 472030, member: 5404"] Is this the complete note? 11042-11043 would not be supported here since there is no documentation of removal of tissue or the depth or size of the de... [ Read More ]

Debridement

Is this the complete note? 11042-11043 would not be supported here since there is no documentation of removal of tissue or the depth or size of the debridement. I'd suggest 97602 is more likely corr... [ Read More ]

Wound Care after EXCISION PILONIDAL CYST/SINUS COMPLICATED

[QUOTE="kschulte71, post: 464232, member: 533449"] The 97602 is being paid for the Facility claim. But because it is not billable as a professional code, they coded with the 99213 which is being deni... [ Read More ]

Wound Care after EXCISION PILONIDAL CYST/SINUS COMPLICATED

The 97602 is being paid for the Facility claim. But because it is not billable as a professional code, they coded with the 99213 which is being denied due to Global. What recommendation should I giv... [ Read More ]

Wound Care after EXCISION PILONIDAL CYST/SINUS COMPLICATED

The care is above and beyond normal postoperative care (which is why the 97602 should be payable) but the reason for the visit is "followup wound care" (post op wound management to surgical wound site... [ Read More ]

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