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Draining a Paronychia? Look For Mention of Incision and Drainage, Cleaning

Question: I have a coding question on a procedure that I would like to pose to you, please. An external audit advised this should be coded as 10060. It was originally billed as 26010.   Here is the procedure note from the chart documentation: “Musculoskeletal/extremity: Extremities: grossly normal except: noted in the palmar aspect of distal phalanx of left thumb: decreased [...]
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