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Can You Code This Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma Case Study? Find Out.

Published on Thu Jun 24, 2021

Wait for the pathology result and get a big boost to your bottom line. A patient with a past history of skin cancer reports to your office with an actinic keratosis (AK) on his forehead that is approximately 0.7 cm in diameter. Your provider excises the AK and orders pathology testing to determine whether it is malignant. Eventually, the pathology [...]
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