Otolaryngology Coding Alert

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Utilize these 2 Tips on your Way to Coding Intermediate, Complex Lip Repairs

Focus on type of laceration, vermillion border for correct code set. Coding wound repairs of the lips offers coders an additional degree of difficulty as compared to wound repairs of other sites of the face. That’s because coders must distinguish not only between intermediate and complex repairs, but whether or not the repair includes a portion of the lip known [...]
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