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Study This Case, Learn 3 Different Ways to Code FBRs

Published on Fri Jun 10, 2022

See if your solution makes the cut. Active kids seem to be magnets for foreign bodies, which is why foreign body removals (FBRs) are so commonplace in pediatric medicine. But coding them isn’t as straightforward as you think. That’s because there are three different possible ways to code and bill for an FBR, as the case study below shows. Follow [...]
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