wpienaar
Networker
Pediatric patient tripped and fell, injured finger causing an avulsion of his finger nail.. Dr cleaned wound , pushed nail back down and tacked (sutured) it down for healing. What CPT code do I use?
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Wiki Help with CPT Code - sutured
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surgonc87
Guru
I would use an unlisted code 26989 and mock the fee for 11760
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OBcoder2017
Guest
Since there was a closure (suture) do you think 12001 could be considered?