jdrueppel
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Is this a 19380 (revision reconstructed breast) or not?? Any Plastics experts please help.
I'm billing anesthesia for this service. Both the surgeon and facility billed this as a 19380 but I'm having a hard time coding to that level, instead, I was looking more at the repair codes, however, there is a 2 anesthesia base unit reduction for the repair codes versus the breast revision code. If this is a 19380, what in the dictation are my key words/points that would support CPT code 19380?
Postop dx: status post bilateral mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with limited necrosis along the mastectomy incision bilaterally
Surgery: Revision of mastectomy incisions bilaterally
Indication: Patient several weeks s/p mastectomy and reconstruction with progressive necrosis along the mastectomy incisions
Findings and Procedure:
Pt was placed in supine, prepped and draped in sterile fashion, following successful general endotracheal anesthesia with the arms extended on arm boards. Using a marking pen then, the area of demarcation was highlighted with the pen, and a #10 blade scalpel was then used to incise along this line of demarcation and then followed up by using a curved Metzenbaum's to excise the nonviable tissue and debride it from the incision line and fresh up the skin edges. We then noted that the graft was essentially non-integrated at this point, and it was healthy and showing no signs of distress, so we proceeded to close the incision using a series of inverted interrupted 2-0 undyed Vicryl on a CT-1 needle followed by running subcuticular 3-0 Monocryl and an ES-2 needle. The left breast incision was handled in a similar fashion with the the non-viable, non-healthy looking skin and subcutaneous tissue removed, excised, and mostly from the inferior breast flap and then approximating the edges again using a 2-0 Vicryl in the deep dermal layer followed by running subcuticular 3-0 Monocryl for the skin. Dressings consisting of Xeroform, 4x4s, and limited amount of paper tape.
Thanks for any and all help.
Julie D, CPC
I'm billing anesthesia for this service. Both the surgeon and facility billed this as a 19380 but I'm having a hard time coding to that level, instead, I was looking more at the repair codes, however, there is a 2 anesthesia base unit reduction for the repair codes versus the breast revision code. If this is a 19380, what in the dictation are my key words/points that would support CPT code 19380?
Postop dx: status post bilateral mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with limited necrosis along the mastectomy incision bilaterally
Surgery: Revision of mastectomy incisions bilaterally
Indication: Patient several weeks s/p mastectomy and reconstruction with progressive necrosis along the mastectomy incisions
Findings and Procedure:
Pt was placed in supine, prepped and draped in sterile fashion, following successful general endotracheal anesthesia with the arms extended on arm boards. Using a marking pen then, the area of demarcation was highlighted with the pen, and a #10 blade scalpel was then used to incise along this line of demarcation and then followed up by using a curved Metzenbaum's to excise the nonviable tissue and debride it from the incision line and fresh up the skin edges. We then noted that the graft was essentially non-integrated at this point, and it was healthy and showing no signs of distress, so we proceeded to close the incision using a series of inverted interrupted 2-0 undyed Vicryl on a CT-1 needle followed by running subcuticular 3-0 Monocryl and an ES-2 needle. The left breast incision was handled in a similar fashion with the the non-viable, non-healthy looking skin and subcutaneous tissue removed, excised, and mostly from the inferior breast flap and then approximating the edges again using a 2-0 Vicryl in the deep dermal layer followed by running subcuticular 3-0 Monocryl for the skin. Dressings consisting of Xeroform, 4x4s, and limited amount of paper tape.
Thanks for any and all help.
Julie D, CPC