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Reporting Ear Wick Insertion
Published on Fri Aug 19, 2016
Question: Our general practitioner (GP) recently saw a patient with an infection of the left inner ear. Notes indicate that he inserted an antibiotic-soaked ear wick to treat the infection. Is there a code for ear wick insertion? New York Subscriber Answer: You do not have any specific code for the ear wick insertion that your clinician performed for the patient. Report [...]