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Is there a code that can be used when a patient comes in and has a bone spur removed. This is being done when an extraction was not done at our dental center.

Is there a code that can be used when a patient comes in and has a bone spur removed. This is being done when an extraction was not done at our dental center.

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Asked on December 9, 2013

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The best code would be D7530 (removal of foreign body).

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Answered on December 10, 2013

except that a bone spur is by definition not a foreign body

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