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Pick Up CISH Pay in Tongue Biopsy Case

Published on Mon Jul 11, 2022

See if dx could impact exam code selection. When you’re reporting a pathology tissue exam case, you sometimes find that the procedure, ancillary service, and diagnosis coding are inextricably linked. Check out this tongue specimen case to see how a special stain leads to a diagnosis that leads back to the correct procedure code. Try Your Hand at This Case [...]
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