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Separate Session Warrants Separate Code

Published on Tue Nov 18, 2014

Question: Our surgeon biopsied a suspicious bleeding lesion during an anoscopy procedure. Later the same day, the patient had to return to the operating room due to excessive bleeding, which the surgeon controlled using a plasma coagulator. Is the bleeding control included in the initial service since the return to surgery was on the same day?  Washington Subscriber Answer: No, you should [...]
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