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    Wiki Debridement -help

    Not sure if I should code 11045, 11046, or 97597, 97598, any ideas? Patient had a right trochanteric decubitus ulcer with a wound vac placement (less than 100 cm area ) debrided to healhthy tissue. The greater trochanter now exposed in wound. Operative report. The right hip was then prepped...
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    Wiki Placement of a T tube into colotomy-Help please!

    Hello, I am unsure if this is something that can be billed or not. The physician placed a T-tube into a colotomy to promote healing. The patient has been undergoing serial wound vac changes for a frozen abdomen. The T-tube was cut and placed into the colotomy and brought out through a separate...
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    Wiki ABThera closure of abdomen

    Please help! The physician placed an ABThera vac after a small bowel resection on a patient with an ischemic bowel. As per the physician the ABThera closure is not a normal vac it goes inside the entire abdominal cavity and states it is similar to a "bogota bag" and is disposable. I have...
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    Wiki Modifiers driving me insane

    I am having a problem with a skin graft wound closure surgery. The wounds were on both legs, measured 14 cm X 12.5 cm on right medial calf. Two on right lateral calf measure 2.5 X 2 cm and 2.5 X 1.8 cm. All are full-thickness wounds with granulation tissue clean and ready for grafting. These are...
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