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Neurosurgery:

Redefine Neurological Assessments With New Codes And Updates

Published on Mon Aug 08, 2016

Each score in NIHSS will have a discrete code. Later this year, you are likely to spot an update in category code R29 (Other symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems) in ‘Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified’ of the ICD-10 Manual. You will now have new codes for each score [...]
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