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Take Extensive Debridement to the Limit for Correct Coding

Published on Fri Jun 04, 2021

Here’s when you can report extensive debridement with another surgery. When a patient has arthroscopic shoulder debridement, coders have to be ready to answer several questions to reach the correct code. Why? There are two codes for shoulder debridement, depending on encounter specifics. Further, there are instances in which it will be bundled into the surgical code. Take a look [...]
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