Yes.
A physician can bill you for any services rendered.
staples
65220 is wrong. sutures are not a foreign body.
should i have large floaters 5 hours after catarac surgery.
To cut sutures after surgery.
The answer for a simple removal of suture performed by nurse is 99211
There are absorbable sutures, such as the surgical gut and fascia lata. Then there are non-absorbable sutures, such as silk, cotton, wire, dacron, linen, silver wire clips, silkworm gut, mesh, and tantalum. For more information on these sutures visit: http://www.content4reprint.com/health/medical-information-different-types-of-sutures.htm
Yes they can
About 48 hours after surgery, or earlier if internal dissolvable sutures have been used and the wound sealed with opsite spray
sutures
Blood vessels are typically anastomosed (sewn together) or repaired with permanent, monofilament polypropylene (prolene) sutures
Miriam Zeller Gross has written: 'The Ethicon book of sutures' -- subject- s -: Sutures, Surgery, History
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