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Best Code for Intranasal Lesion Removal

Published on Fri Oct 18, 2013

Question: I need help with coding the following in-office procedure: The patient had a warty papilloma in the left nares on the lateral vestibular wall (approximately 2 mm in size). The surgeon excised the lesion and used bipolar cautery to cauterize the base. There was no active bleeding. The lesion was sent for pathology. I have been going back and forth [...]
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