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Understand Repair or Correction for Correct Septoplasty Coding

Published on Tue Oct 29, 2024

Question: A patient had surgery on a septal deviation with a perforation of 1 cm. The surgeon elevated the mucosa around the perforation posteriorly and made an incision through the cartilaginous tissue, elevating the contralateral mucosa off from the cartilaginous region posteriorly. The surgeon then removed the perforated cartilaginous tissue posterior to the perforation, then removed and kept cartilage, straightening [...]
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