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(Apologies in advance if this question's been addressed before. If so, I couldn't find it.)
I'm coding a chart where the patient has what's described by the clinician as an open wound on the ankle due to 4+ pitting edema. It's not clear how far down the tissue disruption extends.
Clearly, the open wound (870-899) codes aren't appropriate because they're for traumatic injuries, and the superficial injury (910-919) codes seem to focus on externally caused wounds as well. The best I could come up with is 707.13, Ulcer of ankle, but I'm not truly satisfied with that code either.
I would appreciate any guidance you can give me on this.
Thanks,
Victoria LeMere, CPC-A
I'm coding a chart where the patient has what's described by the clinician as an open wound on the ankle due to 4+ pitting edema. It's not clear how far down the tissue disruption extends.
Clearly, the open wound (870-899) codes aren't appropriate because they're for traumatic injuries, and the superficial injury (910-919) codes seem to focus on externally caused wounds as well. The best I could come up with is 707.13, Ulcer of ankle, but I'm not truly satisfied with that code either.
I would appreciate any guidance you can give me on this.
Thanks,
Victoria LeMere, CPC-A