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SURGICAL OP REPORT # 24

DIAGNOSIS: Biliary dyskinesia.
PROCEDURE: Laparoscopy cholecystectomy

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SURGICAL OP REPORT #4

DIAGNOSIS: Hypertrophic scarring to chin and lower lip, late burn effect, need for scar revision because of failed scar management therapy. Failed conservative scar management therapy.
PROCEDURE: Excision of scar and reconstruction using full thickness skin graft.

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Code for the right transcervical excision of cervical and mediastinal mass (right cranial nerve X)

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