Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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17311-17315: 4 Tips Maximize Mohs Pay

Don’t miss add-ons and separate services. Riddle: When is a pathologist not just a pathologist? Solution: When he’s also a surgeon/dermatologist for procedures such as Mohs micrographic surgery. If your practice includes an outpatient clinic performing skin cancer excision and histologic evaluation and margin exam by a single physician, you’ll need to know how to use the following codes: ·         [...]
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