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Wiki How would this be billed?

jvanek82

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My OB-GYN saw a patient in the ED for vulvar swelling. He examined the patient and decided to do an I & D of the vulur mass. He performed an I&D however no fluid was expressed from the incision. Can he bill for the I & D and if he can, does the procedure code need a modifier?

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