Using Modifier 59 in wound care billing? Learn when it applies to wound care CPT codes, how NCCI edits affect claims, and what documentation is needed.

Wound care billing gets complicated because the claim has to reflect exactly what happened during treatment. The diagnosis, wound location, tissue depth, surface area, procedure, units, modifiers, and documentation all have to support one another. A provider may perform the right treatment and document most of the encounter correctly, but the claim can still run into trouble if the debridement depth is coded incorrectly, the diagnosis does not support medical necessity, or th

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