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Nov 1, 2013 · When coding for wound repair (closure), you must search the clinical documentation to determine three things: complexity, location, and length.

Feb 3, 2020 · Complex repairs (13100-13160) treat deeper, more extensive wounds that require more than a layered closure such as debridement, extensive undermining, stents, scar revision, or …

Aug 12, 2011 · Complex repair includes the repair of wounds requiring more than layered closure, viz., scar revision, debridement (eg, traumatic lacerations or avulsions), extensive undermining, stents or …

Jan 18, 2019 · There has been ongoing debate about how to code complex repairs versus tissue transfers and rearrangements. Correct coding requires an understanding ofCMS clarifies its definition …

Oct 31, 2019 · Complex repair includes the repair of wounds that, in addition to the requirements for intermediate repair, require at least one of the following: exposure of bone, cartilage, tendon, or …

Aug 1, 2022 · Code selection depends on your understanding of simple, intermediate, and complex closures. Lesion excisions, as with any open wound, often require a Code selection for wound repair …

Jul 12, 2018 · Complex repair: “This includes repairs that require more than layered closure, such as scar revision, debridement of traumatic lacerations or avulsions, extensive undermining, stents, or …

Dec 6, 2021 · Here’s how the definition of complex repair changed recently. Orthopedists are primarily concerned with bones and joints; broken leg, torn rotator cuff, cracked clavicle — these are what …

Mar 1, 2002 · Deep defects can require that repairs be performed in two or more stages. If a complex repair, adjacent tissue transfer, flap or graft procedure is performed, any subsequent procedures fall …