Why Would You Need to Know Wound Care Coding?

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Alicia: Oh, good, wound care. You guys, I really like wound care. You keep saying, “Is there anything you don’t like?” Yeah. I don’t like E/M leveling but wound care is really fascinating and I’ve wanted to for a while to talk to you guys about the different types of Wound Care Coding and get more involved with that. But, this person asked for a little bit of elaboration about wound care and without giving you codes, I’m going to tell you the areas that you’re going to find wound care and if this is something that you’re interested in and there’s plenty of work in this area as a specialty; then, these are the things that you need to know and this is some resources for you as well.

Q: [Wound Care] Can you elaborate on wound care coding?

A: Again, it’s a fascinating area; wound care clinics are all over the place. I got some of these information from this www.healogics.com and they have over 800 wound care clinics and did a lot of specialty work. But they are saying that: Why would you need to know wound care? Why is this area growing? And this was a really interesting statement, it says: “Diabetes affects 8 percent of the total U.S. population – an estimated 25 million people – and 26 percent of Americans over 65.

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