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Now Hear This: Not All FBRs Are the Same

Published on Thu Apr 20, 2017

Keep your ear to the ground to spot these FBRs. Coders at pediatric practices will often face encounter forms that involve a foreign body removal (FBR). Providers that perform foreign body removals (FBRs) need to have coders that know you cannot report the standard FBR codes — 10120 (Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutaneous tissues; simple) or 10121 (… [...]
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