Re: tooth extraction

[Sally Murphy]

I wouldn't code it as a surgical wound.  It was extracted and then 
sutured, right?  A laceration that requires sutures is not a surgical 
wound so why would this be?
Sally

Wiedemann, Betty R wrote:

are there sutures? maybe so

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From: Ann Schoeny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:48 AM
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Subject: RE: tooth extraction
What a great question, I probably would, but how about anyone else?

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Can the site of a tooth extraction be coded as a surgical wound? There are 
sutures and a salt H2O rinse.
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