Orthocoderpgu
True Blue
Patient comes in and has an abcess in the axilla area. Doc drains area and places a drainage tube. Can we bill for this and what code would you use? Doc replaced drain after two days. Thanks for your input.
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Wiki CPT code to place a drain tube: axilla?
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cmcgarry
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For a complicated abscess, I would use 10061, incision and drainage of abscess (includes suppurative hidradenitis). This code includes placing a drain tube if needed; it has a 10 day global, so no charge for replacing the drain tube in 2 days.
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