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Solve This Sinus Tract Coding Question

Published on Mon Apr 14, 2025

Question: A patient presented to a radiology practice with complaints of chronic sinusitis. The patient’s primary care physician referred the patient to the radiology practice after the patient had been suffering from a persistent sinus infection that wasn’t responding to antibiotics. A sinus tract had developed. The radiologist performed a radiologic examination of the patient’s sinus tract. The provider then [...]
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