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Left VATS with multiple wedge resections
Date: Dec 3, 2021
Question:
If a VATS wedge resection is done for known cancer, and we do three wedge resections until we have clear margins, would that be reported with codes 32666 and 32667 x 2? I wasn't sure if 32667 was for all additional resections or for additional resections in a different location of the same lung.
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