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1st degree laceration
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Wiki Delivery laceration, no repair
When a patient get a laceration during delivery and there's no repair completed, would we still code for the laceration? Or should we only code the laceration if there was a repair completed?- tiaburks
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- 1st degree laceration labor and delivery coding
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Wiki 1st / 2nd Degree Lacerations During Delivery
Good Evening! I am reading mixed messages on whether or not coding repairs of lacerations is allowed. I have read some examples that say 1st and 2nd degree laceration repairs should not be coded; only 3rd and 4th. I have also read that 1st and 2nd degree can be coded. Aside from what the...