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Code 42900 reports a suturing of pharynx for wound.
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Code 42900 does not report suturing of the pharynx for a wound; it actually refers to a planned tracheostomy without flap rotation.

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The statement 'Code 42900 reports a suturing of pharynx for wound' is false. Code 42900 in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set actually refers to a 'tracheostomy, planned (separate procedure); without flap rotation' which is a surgical procedure involving the trachea rather than the pharynx. The pharynx is a part of the body's respiratory and digestive systems, serving as a muscular passage for both air and food. Suturing, which would be the procedure to close a wound with stitches, would have a different CPT code when performed on the pharynx.

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