Product Description

Wound care is an integral part of most plastic surgery practices. A working knowledge of proper wound debridement coding is paramount to accurate reporting of procedures, which subsequently can help prevent insurance denials and ensure timely reimbursement for work performed. In this month’s column, we will review some of the coding guidelines for wound debridement as confusion still remains around proper utilization of specific debridement CPT codes in various clinical situations.

There are three main groups of CPT codes that are utilized when reporting surgical procedures associated with wound care:

1. 1104x for debridement including subcutaneous tissue, muscle or bone
2. 1500x for surgical preparation of wound by excision prior to skin substitute, graft or flap reconstruction
3. 1101x for debridement specifically of open fractures Additional codes for debridement

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Product Code: CPT-2021-September