Reader Questions: Decipher Breast Note for ‘Wide Excision’
General Surgery Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Decipher Breast Note for ‘Wide Excision’
Published on Thu May 20, 2021
Question: I’m coding an op report and the surgeon describes the breast procedure as “wide excision.” The report mentions margin excision, but not lymph nodes. [...]
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