ADJACENT TISSUE TRANSFER PROCEDURES

Question 1

What is the focus of the lecture?

Answer 1

Adjacent tissue transfer, an integumentary surgical procedure

Question 2

What are the indications for adjacent tissue transfer?

Answer 2

Defects too large to close by simple, intermediate, or complex repair

Question 3

What is a common reason for performing adjacent tissue transfer?

Answer 3

Neoplasm surgery when the lesion removal is too large or too deep for primary closure

Question 4

Name other reasons for adjacent tissue transfer.

Answer 4

• Traumatic injury
• Defects from prior surgery
• Revision of scar tissue

Question 5

From which chapters of the ICD-10-CM codebook are diagnosis coding selected?

Answer 5

• Chapter 2 for neoplasms
• Chapter 19 for injury codes

Question 6

What does an adjacent tissue transfer (ATT) involve?

Answer 6

Transferring a healthy flap section of skin and tissue from a donor site to a recipient site

Question 7

What does the flap in an adjacent tissue transfer include?

Answer 7

An artery and a vein, with a portion remaining connected to the donor site

Question 8

How are flaps classified in adjacent tissue transfer?

Answer 8

• Local flaps
• Regional flaps
• Distant flaps

Question 9

What type of flap is an adjacent tissue transfer classified as?

Answer 9

Local flap

Question 10

Fill in the blank: An adjacent tissue transfer is a _______ flap.

Answer 10

local