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Recognize the 3 Factors Needed for Soft Tissue Tumor Excision Coding

Published on Mon Sep 28, 2026

Question: I have an operative note for an excision of a subcutaneous lesion from the middle of a patient’s back. The surgeon performed a transverse incision through the skin and subcutaneous tissue and dissected an encapsulated fatty mass off the fascia, which was left intact. The excised specimen measured 4.2 cm, and the pathology results listed the mass as a [...]
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