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Deciding Between FBR Code, E/M

Published on Wed Jul 27, 2016

Question: A patient reports to the physician’s office with a jagged piece of wood in his left palm. The physician removes the wood using a pair of tweezers. Is this an evaluation and management (E/M) service or a procedure? Iowa Subscriber Answer: The procedure you describe is a foreign body removal (FBR), but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll be able [...]
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