11. You resect a large melanoma of the scalp leaving a 13 x 15 cm defect. You harvest a lat dorsi, do a free flap with two vein grafts, close the donor site, and skin graft the muscle with 300 sq.cm of skin graft. Code this.
Answer:
Free flap:15756, STSG:15120, Preparation of site:15000. You cannot bill separately for closure of the donor site, or for excision of the scalp.
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