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Wiki Oral Surgery-Excision vs Biopsy- What to code?

I am new working in Oral Surgery. If the surgeon excises a lesion for removal but then decides to send for biopsy I typically code the excision and include the biopsy. My question/Questions are: can you also bill the biopsy? If the intent is to excise but then the decision is made to send a...
- natbug
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- Jun 25, 2025
- #biopsy #excision #oral surgery
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki Intraoral biopsy

Looking for suggestions on correct coding for a biopsy done in the retropharyngeal space, of a suspected clival mass. This was done intraorally. Then a lymph node was also taken intraorally. Suggestions? Thanks, Michelle
- Mjanko82
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- Jul 3, 2019
- #biopsy #clival #clivalmass #intraoral #intraoralbiopsy #retropharyngeal
- Replies: 0
- Forum: ENT/Otolaryngology

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