Anesthesia Coding Alert
Definition Corner:
What Is Spinal Cord Stimulation?
Published on Thu Jun 04, 2009
Neurostimulation (also called spinal cord stimulation, or SCS) uses tiny electrical impulses to impede pain messages from being transmitted to the brain. Some patients experience total pain relief after neurostimuation treatments, but others feel a mild tingling sensation instead of pain. Either result improves the patient's quality of life.
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