by Michael Warshaw, DPM, CPC
- October 14, 2025
- By justina
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“I have a patient with a nonhealing pressure wound on his right ankle and his right heel. I applied a skin graft substitute to both sites. I used a single piece and shared it between the two sites. The ICD-10 code I used for the ankle is L89.513. The ICD 10 code I used for the heel is L89.613. For the application codes I utilized CPT code 15271-RT for L89.513 and CPT code 15275-RT for L89.613. The NCCI Edits does not show any conflict, but I am wondering whether a -51 is necessary. I also used the correct Q code for the product.”
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