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17311 - nerves, or vessels; first stage, up to 5 tissue blocks

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Procedure / Servicenerves, or vessels; first stage, up to 5 tissue blocks
Procedure / Service Description

hands, feet, genitalia, or any location with surgery directly involving muscle, cartilage, bone, tendon, major - histopathologic preparation including routine stain(s) (eg, hematoxylin and eosin, toluidine blue), head, neck, hands, feet, genitalia, or any location with surgery directly involving muscle, cartilage, bone, tendon, major 17311 nerves, or vessels; first stage, up to 5 tissue blocks Mohs micrographic technique, including removal of all gross tumor, surgical excision of tissue specimens, mapping, color coding of specimens, microscopic examination of specimens by the surgeon, and

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