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Double Foot FBRs

Published on Wed Jan 11, 2023

Question: Encounter notes indicate that the provider performed superficial foreign body removals (FBRs) from each foot. Here’s the catch: the FBR of the left foot included an incision, while the FBR of the right foot was performed only with tweezers and irrigation. How should I report this encounter? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: Since there was no incision for the FBR from [...]
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