hkatie
Networker
Disclaimer: This is a general question-there is no op note to go with this.
My surgeon just came to me and asked me for the correct code for an ear wedge repair.
As this is a new term to me, I asked for an op note, but since he hadn't done the procedure yet ( I think he's in with his patient right now,) I don't have one. My surgeon really thought there was one and that he had used it quite some time ago. Nouri's Skin Cancer has a good description of the procedure. He discussed the procedure with me and we agreed that it really sounded like a complex repair (he won't characterize what he is doing as a flap, more like a linear repair.) I'm curious, though, have I missed something in the CPT book? Anyone out there know what my surgeon might have been thinking of? He has a good memory, so I'm inclined to think he is remembering something specific from a past surgery. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Katie Hanninen, CPC, CPCD
My surgeon just came to me and asked me for the correct code for an ear wedge repair.
As this is a new term to me, I asked for an op note, but since he hadn't done the procedure yet ( I think he's in with his patient right now,) I don't have one. My surgeon really thought there was one and that he had used it quite some time ago. Nouri's Skin Cancer has a good description of the procedure. He discussed the procedure with me and we agreed that it really sounded like a complex repair (he won't characterize what he is doing as a flap, more like a linear repair.) I'm curious, though, have I missed something in the CPT book? Anyone out there know what my surgeon might have been thinking of? He has a good memory, so I'm inclined to think he is remembering something specific from a past surgery. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Katie Hanninen, CPC, CPCD