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Repeat Drainage Of Finger Abscess

Published on Thu Apr 21, 2016

Question: For a patient who reported back to the ED for a wound check following drainage of the simple abscess in his index finger of the right hand, our surgeon examined the wound and decided to drain it again. How do we report this repeat drainage? New York Subscriber Answer: Since this is a repeat drainage, you need to know when after [...]
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