Bernice929
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I need some opinions regarding advancement flaps. I have a surgeon who is closing a hernia with an advancement flap she says but how much documentation would she need to bill for the flap? She completed a ventral hernia repair putting mesh in and this patient was allergic to many suture types. Here is her exact words:
Subdermal layer was closed with 3-0 Vicryl in order to do this advancement flaps were made laterally to loosen the skin, bleeding had been controlled with electrocautery. Skin was then closed with staples.
I do not feel this is enough documentation to bill for an advancement flap.
Opinions????
Subdermal layer was closed with 3-0 Vicryl in order to do this advancement flaps were made laterally to loosen the skin, bleeding had been controlled with electrocautery. Skin was then closed with staples.
I do not feel this is enough documentation to bill for an advancement flap.
Opinions????