Combining Forms
Cutane/o
What is skin?
Superficial layer of skin
What is epidermis?
Coding of burns and corrosions
What is I.C.19.d?
10000 codes
Shaving of epidermal lesion of trunk (0.6 cm)
What is 11301?
Adip/o
What is fat?
True layer of the skin
What is dermis?
Secondary neoplasm is reason for the visit
What is I.C.2.b?
This procedure is also known as a rhomboid flap
What is an ATT (adjacent tissue transfer)?
14 skin tags removed
What is 11200?
Erythem/o
What is redness?
Accessory organs of the Integumentary system
What are hair, nails, and glands?
Patient's ulcer stage evolves during admission
What is I.C.12.a.6?
Biopsies are usually included in these types of procedures
Excision codes
Debridement of 20 sq cm down to fascia
What is 11043?
Melan/o
What is black?
The deepest layer of the Epidermis
What is the basale layer?
Patient is coming in for chemotherapy as reason for the visit?
What is I.C.2.e.2?
Deep layered closure with extensive debridement and undermining
What are complex repairs?
3.1cm of lip (SCC)
What is 11644?
Onych/o
What is nail?
The half-moon shaped whitish region at base of the nail
What is the lunula?
Code non-healing burns as as acute burns
What is I.C.19.d.3?
Included in an ATT procedure
What are Repair and Excision codes?
3 stages: 5 blocks, 6 block and 7 blocks respectively of legs
What is 11313, 11314, 11314, 11315, 11315, 11315?