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    Wiki How to Code for a Non-Healing Surgical Wound without Complication/Sequela/Infection

    I have been reading the many threads on the forum regarding a non-healing/delayed-healing surgical wound, but none quite fit my situation (of note: I work in a clinic where the provider enters their codes and a coder checks them). Patient had a MOHs surgery for removal squamous cell carcinoma...
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    • delayed healing surgical wound delayed healing wound mohs non-healing surgical wound non-healing wound surgical wound
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    Wiki Chronic Leg wound

    We have a new patient. She is being seen for her Medicare annual wellness visit. She has a "chronic right leg wound". Apparently she has had this wound for a decade. No other explanation is given. The code given was S81.801A. How would you code a non-healing wound that last this long? I...
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