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Base Hyperkeratotic Lesion Removal on Number, Not Location

Published on Mon Sep 01, 2014

Question: If our FP removed a callus from one foot and four more such lesions from another foot, should I combine the number of lesions and report only one code or should I report them separately and assign them RT and LT modifiers. Also, let me know what diagnosis codes should I assign for the callus of the foot? Louisiana Subscriber [...]
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