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2023 Newsletter
Reader Questions: Reporting SPANK Block Requires Peripheral Injection Code
Anesthesia Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Reporting SPANK Block Requires Peripheral Injection Code
Published on Tue May 09, 2023
Question: What code should I use to report a SPANK block? This is a new block for us, and we are finding different code suggestions, such [...]
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