Knee Abscess Drainage Cpt Code

Incision and drainage of deep abscess of thigh region. To choose the right code to report ask yourself three questions.

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Incision and drainage of bursa of knee region.

Knee abscess drainage cpt code. Code 49405 should be used to report catheter drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst or a renal abscess. Single ulnar or radial 26025 drainage of palmar bursa. With several other codes for deep incision and drainage cpt is specific in defining deep as subfascial.

Incision and drainage of bursa of thigh region. Generally you should reserve this code for when your physician merely punches through the skin with a needle to aspirate a hematomasimilarly 10140 incision and drainage of hematoma seroma or fluid collection is not correct because you should reserve it for more superficial hematomas whereas the procedure described is deeper. Code 10030 is used for drainage of fluid collection in any part of the body for example abdominal wall soft tissue of the neck or breast seroma.

Multiple or complicated 26030 incision deep with opening of bone cortex eg for osteomyelitis or bone abscess hand or finger 26034. If we read the cpt code description and the lay description of cpt 23935 we see that this code represents incision and drainage of an abscess of the bone and requires opening into the bone cortex. There is one code specific to the body area that might apply here.

Incision and drainage id of cysts or abscesses is a common procedure but many coders seek cpt guidelines for abscess coding. Cpt offers a number of codes for incision and drainage. If you need to place a drain or pack to allow for continuous drainage.

21501 incision and drainage deep abscess or hematoma soft tissue of neck or thorax. For example for an id of a deep abscess on the thigh refer to code 27301 incision and drainage deep abscess bursa or hematoma thigh or knee region or for an id of a vulva abscess refer to cpt code 56405 incision and drainage of vulva or perineal abscess. Drainage of tendon sheath one digit andor palm 26020 drainage of palmar bursa.

Under the definition of cpt 10060 10061 youll make an incision in the abscess and allow its contents to drain. Drainage of abscess or blood collection at thigh or knee region. Incision and drainage of hematoma of thigh region.

Because our example involves an abscess in the muscle which is more superficial than the bone. Id deep absc bursahematoma thighknee region. If its a simple case youll probably leave the incision open to drain on its own.