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Wiki Scar revision after port removal

Thread starter trwilson
Start date Oct 17, 2008

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trwilson

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Oct 17, 2008

We have seen several hospitals in our area now code for scar revisions after removing a chest port with CPT codes 11400-11406. Is this legitimate? We don't want to add these to our procedure list and start using them without first knowing if it's okay to do so.

Thanks for your help,
Traci Wilson, CPC

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