Coding Tips: Don’t Let Hand Drainage Procedures Drain Your Reimbursement
Coding key: Identify which structures are being drained.When your surgeon performs a drainage procedure on patient's hand, he may target different structures, as there are several points of collection of pus. You may need to report procedures like drainage of a finger abscess, tendon sheath, or palmar bursa. Read on for tips on identifying where in the hand your surgeon [...]
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