A patient underwent a hemorrhoidectomy with excision of three external hemorrhoids and excision of one

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The October 2014 issue of CPT Assistant advised reporting code 46255 with modifier 52, Reduced (2022)
When patients are treated with rubber-band ligation of hemorrhoids, and a cleansing enema is given (2015)
My physician incised two hemorrhoids that were thrombosed, and we reported this with code 46083 (2006)
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