Primary Care Coding Alert

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Bust These 3 Common Myths to Ensure Lesion Removal Reporting Success

Hint: Number of lesions govern the code you select for the procedure. You may often find your FP performing excision or destruction of lesions such as warts, premalignant and even malignant lesions. While reporting for various removal methods, such as shaving or excision, or destructions may not be simple as it seems to be, you also need to be aware [...]
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