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Wound Vac and Debridement

Date: Oct 8, 2020

Question:

My physician performed a debridement through muscle (11043) with a wound vac placement (97605). I don't see an NCCI edit for these two codes, but I'm wondering if it is best practice to bill these together, or if the wound vac placement is meant to be included in the reimbursement of the debridement.

Question ID : 14553
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