AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 12 (December)
Nails (December 2002)
December 2002 pages 4-9 Coding Communication:Nails Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Nail surgery can be an important component of patient care for physician specialties such as podiatry, dermatology, family practice, rheumatology, and other specialties. For your better understanding of nail surgery procedures and code descriptors, we have included a discussion of basic nail anatomy and relevant illustrations for your study. Anatomy The nail plate is composed of layers of densely packed keratin. It arises from the nail matrix, a whitened area located at the proximal end of the nail unit under the proximal nail fold or eponychium (ridge...
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