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Keep Superficial, Deep I&Ds; Separate

Published on Tue Dec 10, 2019

Question: A patient reported to the provider for incision and drainage (I&D) of a foot abscess. I thought the code choice would be relatively easy, but there are several options for foot I&D. Could you tell me a little more about the coding options for these services? New York  Subscriber Answer: If the I&D is for a simple or single [...]
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