I need help with the following scenario...
patient came in from the er and had an open finger tip fracture that had been sutured and splinted. our dr is wanting to code a fracture charge as well as the debridement code for removing a little bit of skin in order to remove the sutures. my thoughts are we are not able to bill for the debridement due to the sutures being the reason the skin was debrided off. any help is appreciated
thank you in advance
patient came in from the er and had an open finger tip fracture that had been sutured and splinted. our dr is wanting to code a fracture charge as well as the debridement code for removing a little bit of skin in order to remove the sutures. my thoughts are we are not able to bill for the debridement due to the sutures being the reason the skin was debrided off. any help is appreciated
thank you in advance