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Procedure Coding:

Look Beneath the Surface to Code Removals, Excisions, and Biopsies

Published on Thu Jan 18, 2018

Four concepts help simplify reporting these skin procedures. Knowing how to code for an excision, a shave removal, or a biopsy when your provider removes a section of a patient's skin isn't complicated. Do this: All you have to do is keep four basic concepts in mind: what was the removal's purpose; how deep was the incision; where on the [...]
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