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Revisit Your Laceration Repair Coding Policy for Wound Checks And Adhesives

Published on Thu Sep 19, 2013

Medicare rules for simple repairs can differ from those for intermediate and complex codes. Coding for laceration repairs can be difficult because of the many rules that apply and the number of different code sets. Read on for a fresher on global periods and code choices can differ between simple and the higher intensity repair codes. Medicare changed the payment [...]
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