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An official website of the United States government. For more extensive abscesses that are deeper in the body (for example, ones that involve bones or joints), the skin wound may be closed and plastic drain holes inserted to allow any residual infection to drain out. Revenue codes only apply to providers who bill these services to the Part A MAC. Applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation Clauses (FARS)/Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation supplement (DFARS) Restrictions Apply to Government Use. xZ]s7}gUg2$]:vm2}M'W#K]$ttt''v(2(n_0vNbu;QLJND94:>;Su;WPK>W_.>i8DWu;C#VaG%C/QVX@qolkN(p[TeZ2r+
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Copyright © 2022, the American Hospital Association, Chicago, Illinois. 10060 Incision and drainage of abscess eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, and other cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle , or paronychia; simple or single, 10061 Incision and drainage of abscess eg, carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, and other cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia); complicated or multiple, 10140 Incision and drainage of hematoma, seroma or fluid collection, 10180 Incision and drainage, complex, postoperative wound infection, 20000 Incision of soft tissue abscess eg, secondary to osteomyelitis) ; superficial, 20005 Incision of soft tissue abscess eg, secondary to osteomyelitis) ; deep or complicated, 23930 Incision deep, with opening of bone cortex; elbow or upper arm, 25028 Incision and drainage, forearm and/or wrist; deep abscess or hematoma, 25031 Incision and drainage, forearm and/or wrist; infected bursa, 25035 Incision, deep, with opening of bone cortex eg, for osteomyelitis or bone abscess), forearm and/or wrist, 25040 Arthrotomy, radiocarpal or mediocarpal joint, with exploration, drainage, or removal of foreign body, 26011 Drainage of finger abscess; complicated eg, felon, etc), 26020 Drainage of tendon sheath, one digit and/or palm, 26025 Drainage of palmar bursa; single, ulnar or radial, 26030 Drainage of palmar bursa; multiple or complicated, 26034 Incision, deep, with opening of bone cortex eg, for osteomyelitis or bone abscess), hand or finger, 26070 Arthrotomy, for infection, with exploration, drainage or removal of foreign body; carpometacarpal joint, 26075 Arthrotomy, for infection, with exploration, drainage or removal of foreign body; metacarpophalangeal joint, 26080 Arthrotomy, for infection, with exploration, drainage or removal of foreign body; interphalangeal joint, each, 11010 Debridement including removal of foreign material associated with open fracture or dislocation; skin and subcutaneous tissue, 11011 Debridement including removal of foreign material associated with open fracture or dislocation; skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle fascia, muscle, 11012 Debridement including removal of foreign material associated with open fracture or dislocation; skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle fascia, muscle, bone, 11040 Debridement; skin, partial thickness, 11042 Debridement; skin and subcutaneous tissue, 11043 Debridement; skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscle, 11044 Debridement; skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, bone. Patients were initially identified on the basis of diagnosis coding in the institution's medical information system. It is "customary" during this procedure to remove the Polyethylene Tibial Component to allow access to the medial and lateral posterior compartments of the joint for debridement/synovectomy. 8600 Rockville Pike Code History 2016 (effective 10/1/2015) : New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-PCS) Another option is to use the Download button at the top right of the document view pages (for certain document types). Any use not authorized herein is prohibited, including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, making copies of CDT for resale and/or license, transferring copies of CDT to any party not bound by this agreement, creating any modified or derivative work of CDT, or making any commercial use of CDT. 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