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Check Key Details of Op Note for Final Say on 31541

Published on Wed Jan 13, 2021

Question: What’s the coding for a suspension microlaryngoscopy with excision and biopsy of a laryngeal polyp? Kansas Subscriber               Answer: You’ll need access to the operative report to definitively answer this question. If the surgeon performs a complete excision of a laryngeal polyp, then you’d be justified in reporting code 31541 (Laryngoscopy, direct, operative, with excision of tumor and/or stripping of [...]
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