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This may have already been covered but I have a question. We had a patient who presented for a 5 yr. follow up due to a personal history of colon polyps. This is the stated diag... [ Read More ]
Hi list,
I am still fairly new to Surgery coding. Would you use 11970-50 OR 19342-50?? Need some input please.
TIA
MB,CCS,CPC
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