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Wiki Stage 4 Sacral Decubitus

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Please help coding the following: Debridement of Sacral
decubit. with necrotic muscle facia and exposed spinous
process. Just not sure which procedure code to use
Thank you in advance
Deb, CPC
 
Hopp said:
Please help coding the following: Debridement of Sacral
decubit. with necrotic muscle facia and exposed spinous
process. Just not sure which procedure code to use
Thank you in advance
Deb, CPC
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You may want to post the op note so that we can see what, exactly, was done but you can start by looking at 15931. But again, this is only a "starting place" since your description is somewhat vague. 15931 mentions excision with suture ;)

Or possibly the 11040-11044 series
 
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Stage IV Sacral Decubitus

Thanks for your help, but I did eventually get the code as it was a Debridement & NOT EXcision. SO I did have to use the 11043 code-Thanks for steering me in the right direction
Thanks again Deb,CPC
 
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