Summary & Overview
CPT 1460F: Specific Performance or Reporting Item
CPT code 1460F is a CPT-listed reporting item that currently has no descriptive summary in the source record. Despite the missing narrative, the code is part of the national coding framework used for clinical documentation, quality reporting, or performance measurement. Its presence in claims affects administrative workflows, payer adjudication, and quality reporting processes at a national scale.
Key payers covered in this overview include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find a concise description of what this code represents, the service context where available, and guidance on where to find missing metadata. The publication highlights what is known versus what is not available in the input and outlines typical analytical topics readers expect when a code lacks a summary: benchmarking usage, payer coverage patterns, billing and reporting implications, and potential areas for policy clarification.
This summary does not provide payer-specific reimbursement or clinical recommendations. It is intended to orient readers to the code’s administrative role, identify gaps in the available metadata, and indicate the primary topics covered in the full publication, such as benchmarks, coding guidance, and clinical context where applicable.
Billing Code Overview
CPT code 1460F is listed without a summary in the source record. Based on the code label, this entry represents a specific performance or reporting item within the CPT coding framework. Service type: Data not available in the input. Typical site of service: Data not available in the input.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A 54-year-old male presents to an outpatient plastic surgery clinic after sustaining a full-thickness traumatic laceration to the dorsal hand with partial loss of skin and subcutaneous tissue from an industrial accident. Primary survey and tetanus status are addressed in the emergency department. After initial wound cleaning and debridement, the patient is scheduled for operative complex wound closure with local flap and possible grafting under regional or general anesthesia. The clinical workflow includes preoperative consent and mapping of vascular supply, intraoperative excision of nonviable tissue, elevation and inset of a local flap with layered closure, hemostasis, possible application of a split-thickness skin graft if primary closure is not possible, and postoperative dressing and hand therapy referral. Typical site of service is an ambulatory surgical center or hospital outpatient department. Common providers include plastic surgeons, hand surgeons (orthopedic or plastic), and operating room nursing and anesthesia teams.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
24 | Unrelated evaluation and management service by the same physician during a postoperative period | Use when an E/M visit is unrelated to the surgical procedure during the global period. |
25 |