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CPT® Coding:

Get the Whole Story on Subcutaneous FBRs

Published on Fri Mar 01, 2019

Incision a must for any FBR claim. Orthopedic practices are most often focused on fixing internal injuries, but they’ll also see their share of “surface” injuries as well, which could call for coding a number of intradermal procedures that might be unfamiliar to some coders. For example: Debridement, incision and drainage (I&D), sutures — and foreign body removal (FBR), which [...]
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