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A retained suture was removed from subcutaneus tissue under local anesthesia. Would the suture be considered a foreign body? I can't use the removal of suture codes because cpt states "under anesthesia other than local" and since the removal was performed under local only, I can't seem to find another code, other than 10121, Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutanues tissue. any help is appreciated.

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Leah
 
retained suture removal was the only procedure performed. It was not done in the global period. DX is wound granuloma. patient had a prior craniotomy not performed from my group. the suture was removed from the cranial subcutaneus tissue.

thanks for your help!
 
10121

Without seeing the full report, it's hard to give you a definitive answer, but 10121 seems to fit what you've described.

F Tessa Bartels, CPC, CEMC
 
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