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General Surgery Coding Alert

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Don't Miss Hernia Pay With This Colon Resection Case

Published on Thu Jan 17, 2019

Learn rules for separate services. When your surgeon identifies and repairs a hernia in the course of an abdominal surgery, do you know if or when you can separately code the additional work? Read on to get our expert’s advice on the following case: Colon Resection Case Surgeon performs laparoscopic partial colon resection with anastomosis for ischemic bowel. During the [...]
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