lchristy
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A retained suture was removed from subcutaneus tissue under local anesthesia. Would the suture be considered a foreign body? I can't use the removal of suture codes because cpt states "under anesthesia other than local" and since the removal was performed under local only, I can't seem to find another code, other than 10121, Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutanues tissue. any help is appreciated.
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Leah
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Leah