Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Coding for Complicated or Multiple I&Ds, Head CT, and Follow-ups— and When to Use CPT 99051

DAVID STERN, MD (Practice Velocity) Q. I notice that the code for complicated or multiple incision and drainage (I&D) procedures almost twice the reimbursement as the superficial I&D code. When can I code the code 10061 (Incision and drainage of abscess, e.g., carbuncle, suppurative hidradenitis, cutaneous or subcutaneous abscess, cyst, furuncle, or paronychia; complicated or multiple)? Anonymous A. The concept of multiple (i.e., more than one) is straightforward. The concept of complicated I&D is less …