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Wiki Manual Re-drainage

Thread starter brenda s
Start date Oct 1, 2025

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Oct 1, 2025

Hello, I have a case where the provider went in and manual re-drained a previous I&D cleaning it up and redressing. They reported CPT 19020. Because there was no anesthesia used and in incision, I am questioning this code. Has anyone else seen this used for this situation? Thank you

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