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Code for Every (Square) Centimeter on Ulcer Debridement

Published on Wed Dec 31, 2025

Question: A patient with chronic venous insufficiency without varicosity reports to the emergency department (ED) with venous stasis ulcers on the right and left calves. Both ulcers are limited to a breakdown of the skin. The left calf ulcer is 100 sq cm and the right calf ulcer measures 16 sq cm. The ED physician used a high-pressure waterjet to [...]
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