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Run, Don't Walk, to Code This I&D Scenario

Published on Wed Dec 13, 2017

Question: One of our diabetic patients recently competed in a marathon. Several days later, he reported to our practitioner with pain and swelling in his left big toe. Our physician noted an area on the toe that was filled with pus, and after numbing the area with a local anesthetic, he performed an incision on the toe and drained the [...]
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