Unspecified open wound, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter. S81. 809A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S81.
01 for Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
S81. 802A - Unspecified open wound, left lower leg [initial encounter] | ICD-10-CM.
The types of open wounds classified in ICD-10-CM are laceration without foreign body, laceration with foreign body, puncture wound without foreign body, puncture wound with foreign body, open bite, and unspecified open wound. For instance, S81. 812A Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg, initial encounter.
998.83 - Non-healing surgical wound | ICD-10-CM.
CPT codes 97597 and 97598 are used for wet-to-dry dressings, application of medications with enzymes to dissolve dead tissue, whirlpool baths, minor removal of loose fragments with scissors, scraping away tissue with sharp instruments, debridement with pulse lavage, high-pressure irrigation, incision, and drainage.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified open wound, right lower leg, initial encounter S81. 801A.
A skin tear is a specific type of laceration that most often affects older adults, in which friction alone or friction plus shear separates skin layers.
The definition of a wound is damage to the integrity of biological tissue, including skin, mucous membranes, and organ tissues. Various types of trauma can cause these, and it is critical to ensure wounds are cleaned and appropriately dressed to limit the spread of infection and further injury.
8-, “other injury of unspecified body region,” or T14. 9-, “injury, unspecified,” because these codes don't describe the location or type of wound. These injury codes require a 7th character to indicate the episode of care.
Dressings applied to the wound are part of the services for CPT codes 97597, 97598 and 97602 and they may not be billed separately. It is not appropriate to report CPT code 97602 in addition to CPT code 97597 and/or 97598 for wound care performed on the same wound on the same date of service.
9: Soft tissue disorder, unspecified.
Wound dehiscence under the ICD-10-CM is coded T81. 3 which exclusively pertains to disruption of a wound not elsewhere classified.
W34. 00XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM W34.
The surgical preparation codes, CPT 15002-15005, “are to be used for the initial traumatic wound preparation (removal of appreciable nonviable tissue) and cleaning to provide a viable wound surface (primary intention healing) for placement of an autograft, flap, skin substitute graft or for negative pressure wound therapy.”
This code is based on a wound size (after cleansing, prepping, and/or debriding) maximum of 100 sq cm. Specifically, this code is to be used for application of a skin substitute graft to a wound surface area size of 0 to 25 sq cm (first 25 sq cm within the maximum wound size grouping up to 100 sq cm). If the leg/ankle wound area is greater than 25 sq cm, but less than the maximum of group size up to 100 sq cm, then bill CPT 15271 plus
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This article addresses the CPT/HCPCS and ICD-10 codes associated with L37228 Wound Care policy. The article is to be used in conjunction with the indications and guidelines provided in L37228 Wound Care.
Contractors may specify Bill Types to help providers identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service. Absence of a Bill Type does not guarantee that the article does not apply to that Bill Type.
Contractors may specify Revenue Codes to help providers identify those Revenue Codes typically used to report this service. In most instances Revenue Codes are purely advisory. Unless specified in the article, services reported under other Revenue Codes are equally subject to this coverage determination.