CPT^® 15956, Under Pressure Ulcers (Decubitus Ulcers) Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 15956 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Pressure Ulcers (Decubitus Ulcers) Procedures.

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The provider removes the pressure ulcer of the trochanter of the hip area. He prepares the wound for closure by a myocutaneous flap or skin graft.

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Help with myocutaneous flap closure

I'd really appreciate some help with this one. Apparently I've not coded it correctly. Preop and Postop DX: Stage IV right ischial and trochanteric ulcers status post Girdlestone procedure. Op Summa... [ Read More ]

Plastic Surgery Guidance

[b]Ulcer help[/b] Under a note findings and indications for operation: Massively obese paraplegic man developed a left buttock and right trochanteric pressure ulcer, whcih ere previously debrided. Wo... [ Read More ]

Excision Ulcers

My doc is using codes 15936, 15937, 15946, 15956 for the excison of the ulcers but is not doing the flap at the same session. Just making sure we can usee these codes without doing the flap procedure.... [ Read More ]

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