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removal of foreign material
How would I code this?
pt had a lumpectomy a couple of weeks ago. There seems to have been
gauze left in the axilla area by the surgeon.
We removed the foreign material . The OP note says subq tissue was dissected bluntly. gauze was identified and removed. The cavity was inspected for hemostasis and irrigated? Would I be looking at 10120 and 10121 or is there a code specific to material being left in from surgery
Thanks
re: removal of foreign material
Were you the surgeon who performed lumpectomy and left gauze?
re: removal of foreign material
one of our surgeons did the first surg and left the gauze. a different surgeon in our group did the removal
re: removal of foreign material
If same group, same specialty, I would caution about even billing--the diagnosis is a misadventure.