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I would appreciate any help with this. I am not sure how to code this. Medicaid patient.
I need to code for an open fracture of patella with laceration grade 1 repair 6 cm.
Patient went to surgery and an irrigation and debridement right patella with repair of the laceration 3 layers, retinaculum was closed with Vicryl, subcutaneous with vicryl and skin nylon. There was no pinning of the fracture, the laceration caused a small fracture of the patella at the time of injury. Patient is in a knee immobilizer.
Do I code this as a complicated laceration (8911) with procedure code (13121-14), and open fracture (8221) with fracture care(27520-1459)? Because there was no pinning, I can't code for the 27524.
Is this correct?
Thanks for any help
I need to code for an open fracture of patella with laceration grade 1 repair 6 cm.
Patient went to surgery and an irrigation and debridement right patella with repair of the laceration 3 layers, retinaculum was closed with Vicryl, subcutaneous with vicryl and skin nylon. There was no pinning of the fracture, the laceration caused a small fracture of the patella at the time of injury. Patient is in a knee immobilizer.
Do I code this as a complicated laceration (8911) with procedure code (13121-14), and open fracture (8221) with fracture care(27520-1459)? Because there was no pinning, I can't code for the 27524.
Is this correct?
Thanks for any help