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Know the Difference Between Destruction and Excision Codes

Published on Tue Sep 12, 2017

Question: A patient presented with a left ear canal 9 cm vascular lesion. After debridement of the skin over and surrounding the lesion, the surgeon cauterized the lesion with bipolar forceps. The surgeon suggests I bill for codes 69145 for the procedure and 92504 for the use of a microscope examination, but I am not sure if this is correct. How [...]
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