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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
45440 - Additional Information
Split thickness skin graft to a small defect that is:
(a) less than 40 mm in diameter:
(i) on areas below the knee; or
(ii) distal to the ulnar styloid; or
(iii) on the genital area; or
(iv) on areas above the clavicle; or
(b) less than 80 mm in diameter on any other part of the body
(Anaes.) (Assist.)
Fee: $323.95 Benefit: 75% = $243.00 85% = $275.40
(See para TN.8.266 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Associated Notes
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.266
Free Grafting - Split Skin and Full Thickness - (Items 45440, 45443, and 45451)
In relation to items 45440, 45443 and 45451, each site where there is an excision of a lesion and a skin graft (or a skin graft without an excision at the same sitting), is considered a separate procedure. The site of each procedure should be clearly documented in the patient records.
Item 45451 is not to be used for small punch grafts. Defects with an average diameter of less than 5 mm can generally be closed by direct suturing.
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