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Jul 19th, 2009 - akopian 28 

endometriosis in C-section scar

I recently diagnosed a patient who had developed endometriosis in her C-section scar (ICD 617.6). I took her to the OR where I excised the lesion down to the level of the fascia (total length with margins 7.5 cm) and closed the wound in two layers. Questions: Is there a specific code for excision of endometriosis from scar? Could this be considered scar revision? Do I use the benign excision of skin codes with intermediate repair? Or is there an equivalent musculoskeletal code? Thanks again.

Jul 19th, 2009 - nmaguire   2,606 

scar from c-section

Sounds like an excision of lesion (benign or malignant).

Jul 22nd, 2009 - Nonni 52 

11005

Look at the debridement codes. Would that work?



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