January 19, 2023
Question:
I thought the global period of debridement of muscle or bone was 10 days. Is that true?
Answer:
The debridement codes were revised in 2011 and the global period for all codes (11042-11047) was revised to 0 days.
*This response is based on the best information available as of 01/19/23.
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