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a cleft pt may go thru years of surgical intervention. Pt has a repaired cleft lip & palate and is now going to have a cleft lip revision with recreation of the defect (#40720). Do you use #749.2x? Appreciate any coding sets in your experience.
 
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We continue to use the appropriate cleft lip/palatte code if we are continuing to treat the condition (vs routine follow-up). Our craniofacial/plastic surgeons say "it's not completely fixed until we are no longer considering additional surgeries."

Hope that helps.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
 
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