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Secrets of Selecting the Sialolithiasis Service Code
Published on Mon Mar 18, 2013
Question: The patient is a 54 year old female who presents with right sided face pain. ENT exam shows a 1 mm stone on the right buccal region of the mucosa. The ED physician documented a diagnosis of sialolithiasis with the following procedure note:
Procedure note Location: inner right cheek. Confirmed: Patient, procedure, side, and site correct, Time-out [...]