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Aug 19th, 2011 - harmijo 8 

Laceration follow-up

A patient comes in for forehead laceration and had stitches placed. I coded the visit with just 12052 since thats the only thing he came in for. I did not do an E/m office visit code. The patient comes back the next day for his wound check. Would I have to use an E/M code only or is this included in the global? Which code would have been more appropriate? Thanks!

Aug 19th, 2011 - youngblood 278 

re: Laceration follow-up

Global days for this CPT® code are 10, so wound check the next day is included

Aug 19th, 2011 - harmijo 8 

re: Laceration follow-up

thank you so much for your quick response.



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