CPT^® 15736, Under Flaps (Skin and/or Deep Tissues) Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 15736 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Flaps (Skin and/or Deep Tissues) Procedures.

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The provider creates a muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap from an upper extremity of the patient to treat an injury or open wound on an affected area.

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Cubital Tunnel Transposition w/ local fat pad flap

Could anyone offer any feed back on how to code a cubital tunnel transposition w/local fat pad flap? Provider wants to bill 15736. States that the surgeons who invented this procedure uses this code a... [ Read More ]

64721 with 15736 (Plastic surgeon doing general ortho)

Hello, It is rare that I see this done will your procedures. There is no NCCI edit 64721/15736 and this would be correct due to documentation of vascular structure he is removing from. Closure of defe... [ Read More ]

64721 with 15736 (Plastic surgeon doing general ortho)

I have a doctor that had 15736 (Muscle, myocutaneous, or fasciocutaneous flap; upper extremity) deny when billed with 64721 (Neuroplasty and/or transposition; median nerve at carpal tunnel). The reas... [ Read More ]

UHC Denials for 15736

[QUOTE="Tbailer, post: 485079, member: 462122"] I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with UHC consistently denying 15736 for documentation does not support and if so, what might be some be... [ Read More ]

UHC Denials for 15736

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with UHC consistently denying 15736 for documentation does not support and if so, what might be some best practices for my providers to use in their do... [ Read More ]

Excision 11623 denied with pedicle flap 15736

Can someone please assist with this? I'm having trouble finding info on whether the excision of a malignant lesion 11623 is included in the pedicle flap code 15736. I don't see any CPT or NCCI issues,... [ Read More ]

Pedicled groin flap to thumb, 15736 or 15734?

Hi Fellow Coders. Wasn't sure if this should go in the Orthopedics or Dermatology section. My Orthopedic Doctor performed a Pedicled left groin flap to the left thumb complete soft tissue avulsion in... [ Read More ]

Pedicled groin flap to thumb, 15736 or 15734?

Adding detail to an op report

We are having denials for Carpal Trap surgeries. We are billing 15736 for the fascioucutaneous flap and we are getting denials saying there isn't enough documentation to support that code. Can my doct... [ Read More ]

skin grafts and flaps

I am working with an [B][B]otolaryngologist/maxillofacia[/B]l surgeon.[/B] He has performed a left radial forearm free flap with microvascular anastomosis with implantable Doppler. He is insetting the... [ Read More ]

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