Anyone who has spent time trying to remove a splinter knows how tricky it can be to do it right. No need to panic, because Dr. Avir Mitra, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and ...

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Plucked a splinter out of your hand with tweezers? Surgery. Drained a blister? Surgery. Stuck a cotton swab in your ear after a shower? Apparently, surgery!

A pediatrician doing a routine checkup noticed a small splinter in the kid’s hand. She pulled the splinter out easily with tweezers. The bill for that procedure was $414. The billing code was 10120, ...