Assertion: debridement | /r/HasProperty | performed
Facets:
value: between the fascia and subcutaneous tissue
type: LOCATION
value: immediately
type: MANNER
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: as per standard of care
type: MANNER
value: once or twice per wound
type: TEMPORAL
value: during the operation
type: TEMPORAL
value: adequately
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Debridement may also be performed using saline solution.[citation
text: Debridement is best performed layer-by-layer to remove all devitalized tissue until healthy bleeding tissue is left behind.
text: To better understand how to code properly for wound debridement, let’s first look at why debridement is performed, and how it’s accomplished.
text: To better understand how to code properly for wound debridement, let’s first look at why debridement is performed, and how it’s accomplished.
text: Debridement is performed using ultrasonic instruments, which fracture the calculus, thereby facilitating its removal, as well as hand tools, including periodontal scaler and curettes, or through the use of chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide.
text: Some debridement may be performed to remove obviously injured tissue that is unlikely to survive before proceeding with surgery, bandaging, and other treatment options.
text: When the outermost epithelial layer of the cornea and the layer just below it are irregular, a debridement may be performed to smooth the corneal surface.
text: If the dystrophy is mild, debridement is performed.
text: If the dystrophy is mild, debridement is performed.
text: To better understand how to code for wound debridement properly, let’s first look at why debridement is performed, and how it’s accomplished.
text: If infection is present however, debridement should be performed immediately to prevent development of infection, which in worse cases may present as necrotizing fasciitis.
text: If infection is present however, debridement should be performed immediately to prevent development of infection, which in worse cases may present as necrotizing fasciitis.
text: Thus, debridement should only be performed if competency in the particular debridement method has been achieved.
text: 27350: If patellar tendon debridement performed by open Px, also it has descriptor of patellectomy means surgical removal of patella or kneecap as per lay desc., but here debridement is performed.
text: IT is confusing, since the documentation says the incision was carried out TO the fascia, and debridement was performed "between the fascia and subcutaneous tissue".
text: When debridements are performed, the debridement procedure notes must document tissue removal (i.e. skin, full or partial thickness; subcutaneous tissue; muscle; and/or bone), the method used to debride (i.e., hydrostatic versus sharp versus abrasion methods), and the character of the wound (including dimensions, description of necrotic material present, description of tissue removed, degree of epithelialization, etc.) before and after debridement.5.
text: IT is confusing, since the documentation says the incision was carried out TO the fascia, and debridement was performed "between the fascia and subcutaneous tissue".
text: It was developed to assess whether the debridement for DFUs had been performed adequately and how it is correlated to healing.
text: Similar to the prior study, this trial showed that centers where debridement was performed more frequently exhibited higher rates of wound closure.
text: Code 29823 should only be used if more extensive debridement is performed during the operation.
text: For example, if the pattern of practice in a certain jurisdiction is for debridement to be performed once or twice per wound, a physician who performed debridement weekly for several weeks on all wounds could be identified as an outlier and subjected to postpayment review.
text: Debridement was performed as per standard of care using surgical blade or curette.
text: Assessment is needed to decide whether debridement should be performed or not in the operating theatre.
text: Debridement is often performed using the surgical blade layerby-layer starting with the skin, subcutaneous tissue, deep fascia, and muscle.