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Wiki Excisional vs Selective debridement

We have a new provider to our Wound care program and the documentation has us disagreeing on what type of debridement should be billed. The use of term selective has wound staff stating all debridement's are 97597...but yet, she states excisional and to bleeding tissue...... After application...
- AR2728
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- Dec 16, 2020
- 11042 97597 debridement excisional debridement
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Denial for 97597

I have tried billing CPT code 97597 and keep getting it denied. I have used several ICD-10 codes and NONE seem to work. Help!
- stephcova33
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- Jan 13, 2016
- 97597 billing codes cpt icd-10
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Billing/Reimbursement
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Wiki 97597 vs 11042/11045 codes

Hello I just started coding wound care charts on the facility side and the APC coordinator keep asking me for missing procedures (debridements) that I think should be coded on the physician side. Should she know this? Those codes are usually already there sometimes. When to use 97597 vs...
- TSHCOLEMAN
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- Dec 28, 2015
- 11042/11045 97597 coded codes physician
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Outpatient Facilities

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