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Wiki Is Cautery a root operation for debridement?

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Start date May 10, 2018

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May 10, 2018

My doctor stated "The surrounding traumatically transected excessive and non-viable skin, muscle, and other subcutaneous soft tissues were also excised/debrided using the cautery, totaling more (much more) than 500 square cm". Is billing 11043 and 11046 (QTY 24) correct?

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