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    Wiki Doctor did a different procedure than he planned at the last minute

    A patient was going in for a scrotal abscess excision but he ended up having a urethral incision and drainage of the peritoneal cavity with drainage device. Do I code for the abscess excision with a 22 modifier for increased services or do I code for the scrotal abscess excision with a 53 for...
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