Question

1. A diabetic patient presents with infected skin on his left leg. The vascular surgeon decided to treat the infection by debridement. Two percent of the body surface area is debrided. How should this procedure be reported? 2. A physician performs an incision and drainage of a subcutaneous abscess in his office for a particular uncooperative established patient. How should this procedure be reported? 3. Mrs. Samples presents to her gynecologist because she has felt changes in her right breast during her monthly self- examinations. The physician aspirates, by puncture, two separate breast cysts. How should these services be reported? 4. Mrs. Harper presents to a general surgeon's office to have a 1 cm excised diameter benign facial lesion, a 2 cm excised diameter benign arm lesion and a 4 cm excised diameter benign hand lesion excised. How should these services be reported? 5. A patient presents to the emergency department with an open arm fracture. The physician debrided the injury site, removed some loose gravel from the site and then referred the patient out for fracture care. The ED physician's documentation states that the depth of the debridement was down to and including the bone. How should the debridement be reported?

Answer 1

The medical or surgical procedures are reported with codes publishe by Americal medical assocoation. These codes are known as "current procedural terminology" (CPT). Every procedure have specific code and procedures are report with code during billing. It can be search in official website. Total Surgical procedure codes are 10004 to 69990. Out of these following for the asked questions.

1. CPT 11000, upto 10% infected skin debridement

2. CPT 10060 , Incision and drainage of single simple subcutaneous absecess

3. CPT 19000+ 19000,. Aspiration of 2 breast cyst

4. CPT 11441 , 1cm excised diameter benign facial lesion.

CPT 11402, 2 cm excised diameter benign arm lesion

CPT 11424,. 4 cm excised diameter benign hand lesion

5. CPT 11012, debridement of wound including bone of open arm fracture .