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Adopt This 3 Step Approach for Accurate Bone Biopsy Claims

Published on Fri Nov 06, 2015

You can report biopsy with excision, destruction, removal, repair or fixation procedures. Want to make your bone biopsy coding error-free? Make sure you understand ‘incisional’ and ‘excisional’ biopsies. Don’t only rely on these two terms to guide your coding.  The results of the biopsy should also weigh in and guide the decision for proper code selection. You can make your [...]
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