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Pinpoint Proper Reporting for This FBR Encounter
Published on Fri Jun 21, 2024
Question: A welder presents with swelling in his left eye. The ophthalmologist finds metal flakes over the patient’s conjunctiva/conjunctival sac and cornea, though none of it is embedded. The doctor removes two conjunctival flakes with tweezers, then uses a slit lamp and needle to remove a flake from the cornea. How is this reported? Should I use one or two codes [...]