Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 ...

That brief tug was transformed into a surgical billing code: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code 10120, “incision and ...

This benign (harmless) therapy both deprives the wart of air (needed for the wart to grow) and irritates the wart during tape removal, which turns on the body's immune ... For some people, immune ...

Medicare typically doesn’t cover cosmetic procedures, but it will cover wart removal if it’s deemed medically necessary. In this case, you’ll pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after ...

The blizzard of surgeries-in-name-only is a symptom of a system that has long valued procedures far more than intellectual ...

That brief tug was transformed into a surgical billing code ... to a doctor earlier this year because she had a bothersome plantar wart on her foot. The doctor applied a chemical ointment to ...

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Here’s what the research says. By Katie Mogg What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Plantar Warts? These common growths are stubborn, but doctors say there are several options to try.