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Break Down Descriptions to Uncover Transposition Code
Published on Sun Dec 01, 2002
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Question: A patient presented with severe nerve palsy. My ophthalmologist's operative notes report cutting of the superior oblique tendon at the medial border of the superior rectus muscle and 2 mm anterior to the medial insertion of the superior rectus muscle. He also reported recessing the lateral rectus muscle. How should I code all of this? OPC Subscriber