Coding clarification: coding for wound care | AAFP
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Coding For Chemical Cauterization of Granulation Tissue Codes 97597, 97598, and 97602 describe a more extensive service than described by code 17250, as follows: 97597 Debridement (e.g., high-pressure waterjet with or without suction, sharp selective debridement with scissors, scalpel, and forceps), open wound (e.g., fibrin, devitalized epidermis and/or dermis, exudate, debris, biofilm), including topic...
Codes 97597, 97598, and 97602 describe a more extensive service than described by code 17250, as follows: 97597 Debridement (e.g., high-pressure waterjet with or without suction, sharp selective debridement with scissors, scalpel, and forceps), open wound (e.g., fibrin, devitalized epidermis and/or dermis, exudate, debris, biofilm), including topic...
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