Hello, I am a coder at a small billing company and one of our clients specializes in debridement procedures.

According to a recent update in NCCI Edits, the codes 97597 and 97598 can’t be coded together. We think this is the result of a very recent change in CPT and there is a different code in place of the add-on, 97598, that is acceptable according to NCCI Edits. Please, does anyone know what are the acceptable code(s) to be used in place of 97597 and its add-on, 97598?

Thank you!

John