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Focus on This Bunionectomy Code

Published on Tue Jun 04, 2019

Question: The podiatrist made an incision in the patient’s foot over the target area. He deepened the incision to reach the first metatarsal bone, and he clamped and coagulated small vessels along the path. He then made an incision through the metatarsal and removed a small wedge of bone. He realigned the bones in a more appropriate position used fixation [...]
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