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Wiki Penetrating wound

Thread starter GowthamGK
Start date Jan 26, 2025
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Jan 26, 2025

I received a chart like patient was shot in a head by gun. Penetrating wound in head. For this case they doing debridement & exploration in head. For this scenario, that is penetrating wound we have seperate code sets. But these codes doesn't have for head. In this scenario what code we need to capture?

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