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Simple or Intermediate: Focus Laceration Coding With 4 Tips

Published on Thu Mar 12, 2015

Extensive debridement can change everything. You may think that coding for simple or intermediate wound repair is straightforward, but do you know what to do if your general surgeon repairs two distinct sites or faces a highly-contaminated field? If you don’t, you could be making a $195 mistake. Read on to make sure you capture all the pay your surgeon [...]
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