Patient presents to the hospital for skin grafts due to previous third-degree burns. The burn' eschar of the back was removed. Once the eschar was removed, the defect size measured 10 an a, 10 cm. A skin graft from a donor bank was placed onto the defect and sewn into place as a temporary wound closure.

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The appropriate codes for skin grafting are 15002 for the first 100 sq. cm, and 15003 for each additional 100 sq. cm or part thereof. In this case, the defect size was 100 sq. cm, so code 15002 is appropriate. The fact that the skin graft came from a donor bank is not relevant to the coding. Therefore, the correct code is either 15002 by itself (answer choice B) or 15002 along with a code for the removal of the eschar (answer choice D). 15170 is a code for the repair of a cleft lip, which is not relevant to this case. 15200 is a code for the removal of a benign lesion, which is also not relevant. 15002 and 15003 can only be used once, so answer choice A is incorrect.

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