kandigrl79
Guru
Question,
If a patient presents to the ER because some of the sutures holding her J-tube have come out and the ER physician re-sutures the J-tube back to the skin, should I code a simple (12001-12007) repair code? If not, how would you code this??
Thanks for any and all help you can give...
If a patient presents to the ER because some of the sutures holding her J-tube have come out and the ER physician re-sutures the J-tube back to the skin, should I code a simple (12001-12007) repair code? If not, how would you code this??
Thanks for any and all help you can give...