Encounter for removal of sutures 1 Z48.02 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM Z48.02 became effective on October 1, 2019. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z48.02 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z48.02 may differ.
Unspecified open wound of right index finger without damage to nail, initial encounter. S61.200A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM S61.200A became effective on October 1, 2019.
Open right index finger dislocation. Open right index finger dislocation, distal interphalangeal joint. Open right index finger dislocation, proximal interphalangeal joint. Open wound of right index finger. ICD-10-CM S61.200A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
If the same physician who placed the sutures removes them during the original procedure’s global period, you cannot report the removal separately. If a different physician removes the sutures, the removal becomes part of any E/M service reported.
Z48. 02, Encounter for removal of sutures or staples (see ICD-10 Coding for Encounter for Removal of Sutures or Staples (icd10data.com)).
If the patient must be placed under general anesthesia to remove the sutures, you may report 15850 Removal of sutures under anesthesia (other than local), same surgeon or 15851 Removal of sutures under anesthesia (other than local), other surgeon.
Removal of sutures is usually not a separately billable service.
The principal diagnosis for same-day removal of cervical suture for cervical incompetence should be O34. 3 Maternal care for cervical incompetence. [Effective 01 May 2015, ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS 8th Ed.]
The ICD-10 for suture removal would be used. If the physician originally placed the sutures it is not separately reportable. There is not a separate code that describes removal of sutures when the removal is not performed under anesthesia.
The 99211 E/M visit is a nurse visit and should only be used by medical assistant or nurse when performing services such as wound checks, dressing changes or suture removal. CPT code 99211 should never be billed for physician services.
Follow-up suture removal is included in the laceration repair fee, but can be billed if the repair was performed elsewhere, such as in the emergency department.
When a procedure is scheduled in a procedure or operating room where anesthesia (other than local) is administered, the removal of sutures is billable.
Billing for suture removal depends on several factors. The intermediate and complex repair codes have a global period of 10 days for the surgeon/practice who performed the original repair. Your physician is not in the global period of the physician who performed the repair.
CPT® Code 59320 in section: Cerclage of cervix, during pregnancy.
The cervical cerclage will keep the cervix closed until around 37-38 weeks of pregnancy, when the doctor will remove the cerclage and allow labor to naturally begin. An abdominal cerclage is also an option to treat cervical insufficiency. It is a more aggressive Abdominal cerclage is also more invasive.
Maternal care for cervical incompetence, third trimester The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM O34. 33 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O34.