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Laceration Coding:

3 FAQs Direct You to the Right Laceration Repair Codes

Know when to add repair lengths together — and when you shouldn’t. Chances are strong that your emergency department performs laceration closures almost every day, but with the rules differing depending on the depth, length, and location of the repair, coders always have questions about how to report these services. To quell that confusion, we’ve put together three of the [...]
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