tcooper@nmhs.net
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Please help me with the codes for this procedure.
Operative note states debridement of left above the knee amputation stump. Surgeon states he debrided muscle and amputated the femur higher. The Pathology report states that the muscle, dead tissue and bone measured 30x30x10cm. Would you say 30x10=300sq cms? Would the codes be 11044-58(patient is in post operative period from left AKA) and 11047-58x14 units?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Teresa
Operative note states debridement of left above the knee amputation stump. Surgeon states he debrided muscle and amputated the femur higher. The Pathology report states that the muscle, dead tissue and bone measured 30x30x10cm. Would you say 30x10=300sq cms? Would the codes be 11044-58(patient is in post operative period from left AKA) and 11047-58x14 units?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Teresa