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Cut to the Chase with These Laceration Repair Answers

Published on Thu Apr 20, 2017

Remember, multiple repairs might not mean multiple codes. Patients that report to the pediatrician for laceration repair services often produce a pretty simple claim; the provider identifies a laceration, treats it and you select a procedure code or an evaluation and management (E/M) code, depending on encounter specifics. The rub: What happens when one of your providers performs multiple laceration [...]
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