Wound vac coding

tiffany.andrastiffany.andras
in CDI Talk Archive
Could anyone help? How would we code the : Application of a negative pressure wound vacuum measuring 8 x 2 cm.
This was placed after an excisional debridement on the left knee .

Thanks

Tiffany Andras LPN CCS CCDS
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
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tiffany.andras@thibodaux .com

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  • evanspx@sutterhealth.orgevanspx@sutterhealth.org
    edited April 2016
    As this is not a surgical procedure impacting the DRG assignment, it is not a code I'd ask a CDI reviewer to assign. The excisional debridement is the code that factors into DRG assignment.



    Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS

    Manager, Regional Clinical Documentation & Coding Integrity
    Sutter West Bay
    633 Folsom St., 7th Floor, Office 7-044
    San Francisco, CA 94107
    Cell: 415.412.9421

    evanspx@sutterhealth.org

  • tiffany.andrastiffany.andras
    edited April 2016
    Thanks That's what I was leaning to. Tiffany

  • fishdl@shands.ufl.edufishdl@shands.ufl.edu
    edited April 2016
    I agree with Paul. If you have access to Coding Clinics, you may refer to CC 3Q 2006 - Vacuum assisted closure.

  • evanspx@sutterhealth.orgevanspx@sutterhealth.org
    edited April 2016
    Anything for a fellow Raging Cajun

    Paul (Alumni)

    Centenary College
    &
    Louisiana Tech


    Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS

    Manager, Regional Clinical Documentation & Coding Integrity
    Sutter West Bay
    633 Folsom St., 7th Floor, Office 7-044
    San Francisco, CA 94107
    Cell: 415.412.9421

    evanspx@sutterhealth.org

  • sbourquesbourque
    edited April 2016
    Wow! I'm a Tech graduate '79...did you go to Tech for HIM? Are you from Shreveport, LA since you attended Centenary College?

    Suzonne

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