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Enhance the E/M in this Epistaxis Encounter

Published on Fri May 17, 2019

Question: Our pediatrician just saw an established patient with a nosebleed. The patient’s mother explained that the bleed started the day before, and that they had managed to stop it temporarily using compression. As the bleed returned later, the mother decided to bring the child in, and after an examination of the child’s nose, our provider found a small pebble [...]
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