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Anatomic Pathology:

Get to the Bottom of Lymph-Node Coding Hesitation

Published on Wed Jan 12, 2022

Parse ‘sentinel node’ terminology to get the pay you deserve. If seeing “lymph node” in a pathology report makes you freeze with uncertainty, we have the tools for you. Pitfall: When doubt makes you live by “better safe than sorry,” you could be leaving legitimate lymph node pay on the table — $71.98 for a missed lymph node biopsy exam, [...]
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