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Wiki 11042-11047 Area of Partial Debridement

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

This is my first post and question, I apologize if it is in the wrong forum section.

My question is in regards to measuring the area of a debridement. From what I have read, it is measured by the "depth and the surface area of the wound".

My question is what if only a partial section of the overall wound was debrided? I cannot locate in any NCD, LCD or CPT guidelines advising me to only measure the area debrided. Noridian LCD and CPT state "depth and surface area of the wound". I recall in past training and AAPC articles it advised to only measure the area debrided. Reimbursement varies greatly upon this measurement. I would like to know where I can find source material stating how to measure partial debridements.

Thank You.

Brian
 
It is dated 2011 from the AMA CPT, It has the "only actual area of debridement" statement but, that phrase is not in any current relevant guidelines that I can find.

Is there anything current from strong source material that may state what I am suspecting?

Thank you for the reply!!

-Brian
 
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