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Wiki Dehiscence surgical wound treatment

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anita carleton

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:confused:Patient had spinal surgery from the abdominal approach. There was only one surgical wound for the spinal surgery made. Patient then had dehisced surgical lines. My question is this: The physician is stating in notes that they are treating the "wounds", LT lower quad, LT lower quad middle, LT lower quad distal. So they are wanting to bill for a total of 3 wounds when the surgcial incision was one wound. Would you bill 11043 x 1 or 11043 x 3. Since this all comes from one surgical site in what appears to be a spreading fashion i am inclined to think x 1. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Anita

*after posting I believe i have this figured out!
 
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The note was a bit confusing so I will have to speak with the physician to get a clearer picture. However, I know that if it is one surgical wound but has 3 sep. dehisced areas, that each can be seperatly billed. If it turns out to be 3 dehisced areas that have spread into one I would do one unit. Does this make sense?
 
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