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Listen Up: Report Ear Drainage, FBR with Specific Codes

Published on Wed Apr 12, 2017

Here’s why the standard FBR codes don’t work for ear procedures. Coders at otolaryngology practices will often face encounter forms that involve a surgical procedure to repair a patient’s ear. The key to mastery when coding these claims comes from knowledge of each type of ear procedure your provider might perform. You might be a master at cerumen (earwax) removal [...]
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