Cindy1955
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Patient was seen at local hospital then medivac to hospital 350 miles away. in the ER wound was repaied to head and then she returned to home my Dr removed the sutures how would i bill for this
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Wiki Suture removal by another doctor
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CodingKing
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Its a low level E&M for suture removal.
jdyer1985
New
CodingKing - What would the dx code consist of A, D, or S? I have a charge I am putting in for a suture removal where the sutures were put in from the hospital. Dx: Laceration of Face - S01.81X-
mitchellde
True Blue
Suture removal would be the 7th character of D.