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Keep This Colonic Polyp Code Guide at Hand to Maximize Returns

Published on Fri Nov 20, 2015

Distinguish between non-neoplastic and neoplastic polyps will save your bacon. Colonic polyps is one of the common findings when your gastroenterologist performs a screening colonoscopy. You can resort to a general ICD-10 code to describe the finding, or you may apply a more specific diagnosis code after receiving the pathology report. Here’s how to identify colonic polyps in the new [...]
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