Reader Question: Use of Clamp May Not Point to 54150 Over 54161 for Phimosis
Urology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Use of Clamp May Not Point to 54150 Over 54161 for Phimosis
Published on Thu Jun 13, 2019
Question: The urologist performed a circumcision on an 80-year-old male. The diagnosis was phimosis. Notes state that the frenulum was taken down using a clamp, [...]
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