Outpatient Facility Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Easier Coding for I&D of Complex and Multiple Cysts
Published on Tue Sep 23, 2014 
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Question: Mrs. Brown presents to the center with cysts all over her body. The dermatologist cut into the cysts, removing 20 while draining each cyst. How do we code for this procedure?
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Answer: You should use 10061 (Incision and drainage of abscess [e.g., carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia], complicated or multiple).
Reminder: Selecting the appropriate I&D (incision and drainage) code means the documentation will have to support the complexity of the procedure. You can support a complicated I&D when the procedure requires multiple incisions or the abscess gets complicated by an infection. q
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