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1.Paronychia of great toe of right foot
Drained with single puncture with 21g needle in clinic, expressed approx 1ml purulent material, covered with sterile adhesive bandage, patient tolerated without complication.
What code is supported here. No incision done but only drained. It was billed as 10060. Should this be part of E/M?
2.Punch Incision and Drainage:
Anesthesia with 1% lidocaine with epinephrine, total volume 3cc
Incision with 4mm punch. Expression of lesional contents with cotton tip pressure .Bandage. No complications.
What code is supported here. ? Does a punch support 10060. Could not find any Coding articles that say punch is not supported. SO assuming punch is supported?
Thanks in advance for your code suggestions.
Drained with single puncture with 21g needle in clinic, expressed approx 1ml purulent material, covered with sterile adhesive bandage, patient tolerated without complication.
What code is supported here. No incision done but only drained. It was billed as 10060. Should this be part of E/M?
2.Punch Incision and Drainage:
Anesthesia with 1% lidocaine with epinephrine, total volume 3cc
Incision with 4mm punch. Expression of lesional contents with cotton tip pressure .Bandage. No complications.
What code is supported here. ? Does a punch support 10060. Could not find any Coding articles that say punch is not supported. SO assuming punch is supported?
Thanks in advance for your code suggestions.
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