Suriya Narayanan
Contributor
Shall i code Laceration repair and Splint performed on same site? For Ex . Lac Repair on hand and Hand Splint . 
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Wiki Splint and Lac Repair
- Thread starter Suriya Narayanan
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mitchellde
True Blue
what is the reason for the splint?
lmartien
Guru
If the splint was applied to simply stabilize the hand after the repair it would be considered part of the repair and not separately billable.
Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA
Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA