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I'm looking for an ICD procedure code for the following procedures. I am having a dispute with one of my co workers about what code to use and would like a second opinion. I will post several op reports on different threads that way its not all together. Thanks
OPERATIONS: Left elbow I and D.
COMPLICATIONS: None.
INDICATION FOR PROCEDURE: Mr. ___ is a 51-year-old gentleman who underwent an open reduction and internal fixation of left olecranon as well as his radial head; however, his postoperative course was complicated by poor wound care resulting in a wound dehiscence to undergoing multiple irrigation and debridement.
PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: After the appropriate consents were signed and the patient was marked. He was brought to the operating room and placed in supine position where general endotracheal anesthesia was applied by the Anesthesia Team. The left upper extremity was then prepped and draped free in the usual sterile fashion and we first turned our attention to the wound. The wound was copiously irrigated with 6 mL of normal saline. The wound was then closed. It was felt that the wound would be able to be closed with 2-0 nylon, this done in a horizontal mattress type manner. Sterile dressing as well as an incisional wound VAC was placed. The patient was allowed to recover from anesthesia and taken to recovery.
OPERATIONS: Left elbow I and D.
COMPLICATIONS: None.
INDICATION FOR PROCEDURE: Mr. ___ is a 51-year-old gentleman who underwent an open reduction and internal fixation of left olecranon as well as his radial head; however, his postoperative course was complicated by poor wound care resulting in a wound dehiscence to undergoing multiple irrigation and debridement.
PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: After the appropriate consents were signed and the patient was marked. He was brought to the operating room and placed in supine position where general endotracheal anesthesia was applied by the Anesthesia Team. The left upper extremity was then prepped and draped free in the usual sterile fashion and we first turned our attention to the wound. The wound was copiously irrigated with 6 mL of normal saline. The wound was then closed. It was felt that the wound would be able to be closed with 2-0 nylon, this done in a horizontal mattress type manner. Sterile dressing as well as an incisional wound VAC was placed. The patient was allowed to recover from anesthesia and taken to recovery.
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