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Wiki Coding repair following excision of breast lesion

Requesting help to code the repair following excision of a breast lesion. The doctor indicates he performed local tissue transfer as well as layered closure. Can we bill for both of these two procedures and what codes would we use for the tissue transfer and layered closure? Also, can someone...
- codeseeker
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- Sep 30, 2022
- adjacent tissue transfer breast surgery complex multilayer closure
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- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki 14301 denied as not med necessary

Patient defect after Mohs was determined by surgeon to require advancement flap 14301. Aetna requested notes on the case 2 times. Notes and photos were sent to support med nec. of 14301. Aetna denied the 14301 as not medically necessary. OrthoNet advised we should have billed complex repair...
- MichaelGA
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- Jan 11, 2019
- adjacent tissue transfer advancement flap complex repair
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Dermatology
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Wiki Adjacent tissue transfer for surgical closure?

My surgeon wants me to report an adjacent tissue transfer for closure of surgical wound for a hammertoe repair. I think this is incorrect and that surgical closure wound be included in the global package. Please provide some guidance. Thank you!!!
- ADV
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- Aug 9, 2017
- adjacent tissue transfer hammertoe surgical package
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- Forum: Podiatry

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