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Smash Coding for Bilateral Procedures With Multiple Kidney Stones

Question: A patient of ours underwent an extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) procedure, typically coded as 50590. During this procedure, the urologist addressed two kidney stones located [...]
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