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Z189
Z189 – Complex repair, digit, zone 1 repair
OHIP Integumentary System Surgical Procedures Code — INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
A complex repair of zone 1 of the digit is a repair of an injury without soft tissue loss that requires a minimum of 20 minutes of time to perform the repair procedure. The fee for Z189 includes removal of any foreign bodies in the wound, irrigation, and debridement when rendered.
The minimum time requirements involved in the repair service must be documented in the patient's permanent medical record.
The time requirement includes time to perform the repair exclusive of time spent rendering any other separately billable service.
For digit tip amputations or a zone 1 injury with soft tissue loss that would requirement advancement, graft or other surgical method of closure, see specific listings for surgical repair in the Integumentary System or Musckuloskeletal System Surgical Procedures sections of this Schedule.
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