FTessaBartels
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This is for a pre-certification, so we do not have an op note yet.
We have a patient who wears a helmet due to a brain injury as an infant. Now she has a pressure ulcer on her scalp and doctor is going to excise it. There are codes for pressure ulcers on the lower half of the body, but nothing for scalp.
Should we use complex repair codes? 15999 (Unlisted, excision pressure ulcer)? Some other code or combination of codes?
Thanks in advance for your help.
F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
We have a patient who wears a helmet due to a brain injury as an infant. Now she has a pressure ulcer on her scalp and doctor is going to excise it. There are codes for pressure ulcers on the lower half of the body, but nothing for scalp.
Should we use complex repair codes? 15999 (Unlisted, excision pressure ulcer)? Some other code or combination of codes?
Thanks in advance for your help.
F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC