Case Study:
Break Down Esophageal Case for Appropriate Code(s)
Published on Thu Jan 16, 2020
Prosthesis placement is just one step. When your surgeon faces an encounter layered with multiple steps, you’ll need to know how and when to identify and separately code each procedure. Read on for a detailed analysis of how to code an operative report involving replacement of a tracheoesophageal (TE) speech prosthesis and a rigid esophagoscopy with biopsy. The patient had [...]