graciejean
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The procedure is as follows: Patient has a chronic festering non-healing wound of the left knee. Procedure description: After general anesthesia and prep, an ellipticla incision was made and the incision using the needle point of the cautery on a low setting. The cautery was used exclusively for the patella. This was a full thickness excision including all of the subcutaneous tissue at that spot. The specimen was removed and it measured about 2.5 cm at the greatest dimension. Bleeding was controlled with the cautery. The wound was infiltrated with 0.25% Marcaine. The wound was then closed in layers using #4-0 Vicryl in the subcutaneous tissue followed by staples in the skin.
How should this be coded? I was looking at 27327 but path report says lesion left knee- acute and chronic inflammation and dermal fibrosis. No atypia or malignancy.
How should this be coded? I was looking at 27327 but path report says lesion left knee- acute and chronic inflammation and dermal fibrosis. No atypia or malignancy.