Reader Question: Code Excised Lesions Based on Diameters

Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Reader Question:
Code Excised Lesions Based on Diameters

Published on Tue Feb 19, 2019

Question: My ob-gyn documented this: Dx: Multiple Vulvar Lesions: Pt had vulvar bx that showed polypoid tissue, decision now made for excision. Procedure Note: Pt taken to OR and wide [...]

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