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Pain Management:

Remember Policy on Dry Needling, Size on Joint Shots

Published on Mon Jun 10, 2024

Do you know the difference between intermediate and major joints? Patients reporting to the pain management (PM) specialist for treatment of certain painful conditions will often undergo a therapeutic procedure using a needle. These can be injections or aspirations, and they’ll often include some tricky coding decisions. Some payers might not cover certain aspiration procedures, while others will. Check out [...]
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