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3 Steps Help Clear Confusion When Coding Thyroid Lobectomies

Published on Tue Jun 14, 2022

Conflicting guidelines can be challenging to navigate when the physician uses a cervical approach. When it comes to reporting thyroidectomies, coders have to ask themselves myriad questions before coming to the right code selection, and that’s even more true when the surgeon doesn’t perform a total thyroid removal. Add conflicting guidelines to the mix, and the issue can be even [...]
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