A patient presents for surgical removal of the hardware inserted to treat a previous bimalleolar fracture. Some scar tissue must be removed in order to access the hardware. Three incisions were made to complete this procedure. How should the coder appropriately assign codes to report this procedure?
A) Assign one code for the hardware removal
B) Assign three codes for the hardware removal
C) Code for the scar tissue removal, and three codes for the hardware removal
D) Code for the scar tissue removal, and one code for the hardware removal
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