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Put Your Leukoplakia Coding Skills to the Test With This Case Study

Can you distinguish between these biopsy procedures? Oral hairy leukoplakia may sound like the kind of condition that only exists in a comedy routine, but it’s actually no joke. The condition affects immunocompromised patients, especially those who smoke, and is considered “a clinical marker of HIV disease since it has a clear prognostic value in the subsequent development of AIDS,” [...]
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