A50 year-old male had surgery on his upper leg one day ago to remove an intramuscular tumor and presents with serous drainage from the wound. he was taken back to the operating room for evaluation of a hematoma. his wound was explored down to the rectus femoris muscle, and there was a hematoma which was very carefully evacuated. the wound was irrigated with antibacterial solution, and the wound was closed in multiple layers. what cpt® and icd-10-cm codes are reported?

27301-78, M96.831

Explanation:

CPT® and ICD-10-CM are two coding systems used in the health sciences field. Both code systems are designed to encode any type of disease, procedure, application, surgery, vaccine, medical intervention and any other service performed in the hospital setting. The purpose of these codes is to expedite the exchange of information among all health professionals, allowing patient care to be done more efficiently. It also allows you to universalize patient information, allowing any professional around the world to recognize what has been done.

In the case of the above question, the CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes used to refer to what was performed on the patient were 27301-78, M96.831.