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This Component of CPT Is Used to Tell the Rest

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This component of CPT is used to tell the rest of the surgical story by adding the details that are not or cannot be expressed in the CPT or ICD code:


A) category III codes
B) add-on codes
C) modifiers
D) category II codes

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