Clip and Save: Simplify Graft Coding With This Handy Organizational Chart

Source defines code families.

CPT provides over 50 codes for surgical fixation of skin replacement and skin substitute grafts. Add the following table and "terminology translator" to your coding tool box to help you pick the right code(s).

Terminology translator: To understand the "Graft Type" column in the table, you'll need to use the following glossary:

• Autograft: Graft using skin taken from the patient's own body
• Allograft or Homograft: Graft using human skin taken from a donor other than the patient (including a cadaver)
• Allogeneic: Taken from a different person than the patient.
• Acellular graft: Graft using a dermal collagen matrix (synthetic, or from a source [...]
  
  - Published on 2011-09-14