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Billing for Wound Care

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cheryllesch:
Hi Another question,

One of my doctors is coding as 11041 and 11040,
The wounds are   

3.7x3x.2   lt buttock         5.5x1.5x.15     Total 19.35 cm


Since I wouldn't  bill the 41 or 40  anymore,  would I bill this as 97597 and 97598?

I would not want to over or under bill this. Thanks

oneround:
You are going to need to refer to the dictation.   .  I am going to refer you to pull your Meducare LCD on wound care as you really need to review the notes for proper code selection.  Wound Care has been and continues to be a target for the OIG.  it has not been induicated wether the procedure is selective or non-selective debridement techniques but judging by the code set it appears your indication the procedure is selective.  In which case with ONLY the information below codes are correct.

AGAIN, you truely need to review the chart to review exactly what the provider did and consult with your inhouse coders.

Hope this helps

 

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